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Friday, March 11, 2011

Tsunami estimated times of arrival for locations along the North American Pacific coast March 2011

The following list gives estimated times of arrival for
locations along the North American Pacific coast from a
tsunami generated at the given source location.  The
list is ordered by arrival time starting with the earliest.
Since tsunami speed is directly related to
water depth, tsunami ETAs can be computed independent of
tsunami amplitude.  THE LISTING OF A TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIME
BELOW DOES NOT INDICATE A WAVE IS IMMINENT. The listed arrival
time is the initial wave arrival.  Tsunamis can be dangerous
for many hours after arrival, and the initial wave is not
necessarily the largest.

Source:
Lat:     38.0N
Lng:     142.9E
Mag:    7.9
O-time: 0546UTC
Date:   MAR 11

Estimated times of initial tsunami arrival:

DART 21415                    2348 AKST MAR 10  0848 UTC MAR 11
Shemya, Alaska                 0020 AKST MAR 11  0920 UTC MAR 11
Attu, Alaska                      0020 AKST MAR 11  0920 UTC MAR 11
DART 21414                    0020 AKST MAR 11  0920 UTC MAR 11
Amchitka Pass, Alaska      0034 AKST MAR 11  0934 UTC MAR 11
Amchitka, Alaska              0037 AKST MAR 11  0937 UTC MAR 11
DART 46413                    0059 AKST MAR 11  0959 UTC MAR 11
Atka, Alaska                     0116 AKST MAR 11  1016 UTC MAR 11
Adak, Alaska                    0118 AKST MAR 11  1018 UTC MAR 11
DART 46408                    0119 AKST MAR 11  1019 UTC MAR 11
DART 46402                    0145 AKST MAR 11  1045 UTC MAR 11
Nikolski, Alaska                0159 AKST MAR 11  1059 UTC MAR 11
DART 46403                    0219 AKST MAR 11  1119 UTC MAR 11
Akutan, Alaska                 0224 AKST MAR 11  1124 UTC MAR 11
Dutch Harbor, Alaska       0228 AKST MAR 11  1128 UTC MAR 11
Unimak Pass, Alaska        0236 AKST MAR 11  1136 UTC MAR 11
St. Paul, Alaska                0239 AKST MAR 11  1139 UTC MAR 11
DART 46409                   0300 AKST MAR 11  1200 UTC MAR 11
King Cove, Alaska           0303 AKST MAR 11  1203 UTC MAR 11
Sand Point, Alaska           0304 AKST MAR 11  1204 UTC MAR 11
Perryville, Alaska             0326 AKST MAR 11  1226 UTC MAR 11
DART 46410                  0326 AKST MAR 11  1226 UTC MAR 11
Cold Bay, Alaska            0337 AKST MAR 11  1237 UTC MAR 11
Chignik Bay, Alaska        0357 AKST MAR 11  1257 UTC MAR 11
Kodiak, Alaska               0358 AKST MAR 11  1258 UTC MAR 11
Cape Suckling, Alaska     0359 AKST MAR 11  1259 UTC MAR 11
Old Harbor, Alaska         0400 AKST MAR 11  1300 UTC MAR 11
Hinchinbrook Entrance    0409 AKST MAR 11  1309 UTC MAR 11
Seward, Alaska              0423 AKST MAR 11  1323 UTC MAR 11
Alitak, Alaska                0425 AKST MAR 11  1325 UTC MAR 11
Elfin Cove, Alaska          0425 AKST MAR 11  1325 UTC MAR 11
Kennedy Entrance, Alaska  0428 AKST MAR 11  1328 UTC MAR 11
Saint Matthew Island, Alaska 0433 AKST MAR 11  1333 UTC MAR 11
Cape Fairweather, Alaska 0433 AKST MAR 11  1333 UTC MAR 11
Yakutat, Alaska             0433 AKST MAR 11  1333 UTC MAR 11
Sitka, Alaska                 0433 AKST MAR 11  1333 UTC MAR 11
Salisbury Sound, Alaska    0434 AKST MAR 11  1334 UTC MAR 11
Port Alexander, Alaska     0434 AKST MAR 11  1334 UTC MAR 11
the Alaska/British Col. 0538  PST MAR 11  1338 UTC MAR 11
Valdez, Alaska             0443 AKST MAR 11  1343 UTC MAR 11
Langara Island, British Col 0543  PST MAR 11  1343 UTC MAR 11
Cordova, Alaska            0452 AKST MAR 11  1352 UTC MAR 11
Cape Decision, Alaska   0455 AKST MAR 11  1355 UTC MAR 11
DART 46419                0608  PST MAR 11  1408 UTC MAR 11
Homer, Alaska             0516 AKST MAR 11  1416 UTC MAR 11
DART 46404               0625  PST MAR 11  1425 UTC MAR 11
the north tip of Vancouver0626  PST MAR 11  1426 UTC MAR 11
DART 46407               0632  PST MAR 11  1432 UTC MAR 11
Craig, Alaska               0534 AKST MAR 11  1434 UTC MAR 11
Ketchikan, Alaska        0540 AKST MAR 11  1440 UTC MAR 11
Juneau, Alaska             0543 AKST MAR 11  1443 UTC MAR 11
DART 46411               0656  PST MAR 11  1456 UTC MAR 11
Tofino, British Columbia   0706  PST MAR 11  1506 UTC MAR 11
Gambell, Alaska            0606 AKST MAR 11  1506 UTC MAR 11
Prince Rupert, British Col0711  PST MAR 11  1511 UTC MAR 11
the Washington-British Col 0712  PST MAR 11  1512 UTC MAR 11
Neah Bay, Washington   0718  PST MAR 11  1518 UTC MAR 11
Clatsop Spit, Oregon      0719  PST MAR 11  1519 UTC MAR 11
La Push, Washington      0719  PST MAR 11  1519 UTC MAR 11
Cape Blanco, Oregon    0719  PST MAR 11  1519 UTC MAR 11
the Oregon-Washington border 0720  PST MAR 11  1520 UTC MAR 11
Point Grenville, Washington0721  PST MAR 11  1521 UTC MAR 11
Port Moller, Alaska        0622 AKST MAR 11  1522 UTC MAR 11
Charleston, Oregon       0723  PST MAR 11  1523 UTC MAR 11
Douglas/Lane County Line0724  PST MAR 11  1524 UTC MAR 11
Cape Mendocino, California0724  PST MAR 11  1524 UTC MAR 11
Cascade Head, Oregon  0724  PST MAR 11  1524 UTC MAR 11
Tillamook Bay, Oregon  0726  PST MAR 11  1526 UTC MAR 11
Horse Mountain, California0727  PST MAR 11  1527 UTC MAR 11
Fort Bragg, California 0728  PST MAR 11  1528 UTC MAR 11
Humboldt Bay, California0729  PST MAR 11  1529 UTC MAR 11
Crescent City, California0730  PST MAR 11  1530 UTC MAR 11
Seaside, Oregon      0731  PST MAR 11  1531 UTC MAR 11
the Oregon-California border 0731  PST MAR 11  1531 UTC MAR 11
Westport, Washington    0732  PST MAR 11  1532 UTC MAR 11
Point Arena, California   0733  PST MAR 11  1533 UTC MAR 11
Newport, Oregon       0733  PST MAR 11  1533 UTC MAR 11
Gualala Point,              0735  PST MAR 11  1535 UTC MAR 11
Point Reyes, California  0746  PST MAR 11  1546 UTC MAR 11
Davenport, California   0747  PST MAR 11  1547 UTC MAR 11
Point Sur, California    0749  PST MAR 11  1549 UTC MAR 11
Astoria, Oregon          0751  PST MAR 11  1551 UTC MAR 11
Monterey, California   0752  PST MAR 11  1552 UTC MAR 11
Port Angeles, Washington  0755  PST MAR 11  1555 UTC MAR 11
Ragged Point, California  0758  PST MAR 11  1558 UTC MAR 11
DART 46412      0759  PST MAR 11  1559 UTC MAR 11
Point Concepcion, California 0805  PST MAR 11  1605 UTC MAR 11
Port San Luis, California  0811  PST MAR 11  1611 UTC MAR 11
Bella Bella, British Columbia0812  PST MAR 11  1612 UTC MAR 11
San Francisco, California  0816  PST MAR 11  1616 UTC MAR 11
Cape Newenham, Alaska 0723 AKST MAR 11  1623 UTC MAR 11
Santa Barbara, California  0824  PST MAR 11  1624 UTC MAR 11
Rincon Point, California   0835  PST MAR 11  1635 UTC MAR 11
San Pedro, California     0839  PST MAR 11  1639 UTC MAR 11
Santa Monica, California 0839  PST MAR 11  1639 UTC MAR 11
Newport Beach, California 0845  PST MAR 11  1645 UTC MAR 11
La Jolla, California     0848  PST MAR 11  1648 UTC MAR 11
Seattle, Washington   0851  PST MAR 11  1651 UTC MAR 11
Alamitos Bay, California  0854  PST MAR 11  1654 UTC MAR 11
the California-Mexico border0854  PST MAR 11  1654 UTC MAR 11
Hooper Bay, Alaska         0854 AKST MAR 11  1754 UTC MAR 11
Little Diomede Island, Alaska0904 AKST MAR 11  1804 UTC MAR 11
Dillingham, Alaska      0946 AKST MAR 11  1846 UTC MAR 11
Nome, Alaska            1059 AKST MAR 11  1959 UTC MAR 11
Unalakleet, Alaska     1430 AKST MAR 11  2330 UTC MAR 11