PHILIPPINES ON TSUNAMI ALERT LEVEL 2, LIMITED EVACUATION STARTED

HIVOLCS Tsunami Alert Level is now 2. The concerned public is advised to BE ON ALERT FOR UNUSUAL WAVES. Based on tsunami wave models and early tide gauge records of the tsunami in the Pacific, coastal areas in Philippine provinces fronting the Pacific Ocean are expected to experience wave heights of at most one meter. The first tsunami waves will arrive between 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM 28 February 2010 (Sunday afternoon Philippine time) and may not always be the largest. These waves may continue for hours.
People are advised to stay away from the shoreline during this period. People should not go to the coast to watch the tsunami. People whose houses are very near coastal areas facing the Pacific Ocean are strongly advised to go farther inland.

Boats in harbors, estuaries or shallow coastal water should return to shore. Secure your boat and move away from the waterfront. Boats already at sea during this period should stay offshore in deep waters until further advised.

Coastal areas fronting the Pacific Ocean of the following provinces should keep watch:

Batanes Group of Islands
Cagayan
Northernmost areas of Ilocos Norte
Isabela
Quezon
Aurora
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Albay
Catanduanes
Sorsogon
Northern Samar
Eastern Samar
Leyte
Southern Leyte
Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Sur
Davao Oriental
Davao del Sur

Source:
http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=341&Itemid=1

FRENCH POLYNESIA ON TSUNAMI ALERT AFTER CHILE QUAKE

PAPEETE - Authorities in French Polynesia issued a warning as a tsunami raced across the Pacific following a massive earthquake in Chile on Saturday.

The high commissioner's office in Papeete put the islands on alert at 2:00 am local time (1200 GMT), saying the first waves were expected to reach the Gambier archipelago at 5:50 am (1550 GMT).

The other parts of the region, including Tahiti and Bora Bora, would be affected over the following two to three hours, they said.

The tsunami could be as high as two metres (more than six feet) in the Marquise islands and on Rurutu in the Australes, the authorities said, while warning people in the latter places to climb to at least 10 metres above sea level.

A huge arc of Pacific nations from New Zealand to Japan went on tsunami alert following the 8.8 magnitude Chilean earthquake, readying emergency plans instituted after the Indian Ocean disaster of 2004.


source:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/world/02/27/10/french-polynesia-alert-after-chile-quake

TSUNAMI ALERT IMPLEMENTED IN THE PHILIPPINES

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) issued a tsunami alert level 1 in the Philippines today. This could be the effect of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile today. The said earthquake could generate a destructive tsunami that could hit coastlines on the western Pacific.

The government has also warned those living in the eastern side of the Philippines including Camarines and Albay. “No evacuation order is in effect but communities along the east coast of the country are advised to wait for further information and to prepare for possible evacuation,” the government institute said in an advisory.

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