CRUISING ALONG Posted May 19, 2023 #1 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Tsunami warning issued for Lord Howe Island 19/05/2023 ISSUED: 19 May 2023 at 2:50pm The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a tsunami warning for Lord Howe Island. An undersea earthquake of magnitude-7.7 occurred at 12.57pm AEST to the southeast of Loyalty Islands or east-southeast of New Caledonia. So far, a 22-centimetre tsunami wave has been observed near New Caledonia. A Tsunami Warning for the marine environment is current for Lorde Howe island with an expected arrival time of 4:15pm local time (3:45pm AEST). There is no land threat to the Australian mainland or Australian territories. The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre is closely monitoring the situation and will advise immediately if there is cause for concern. Marine threat tsunami can generate dangerous rips, waves and strong currents that pose a risk to surfers, swimmers, people in small boats and anyone else in the water. There may be some localised flooding onto the immediate foreshore. Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves. There will be many waves and the first wave may not be the largest. nb Carnival Splendor is currently at Lifou Island, Pacific Adventure is at Mystery Island and Pacific Encounter is currently en-route to Lautoka. Cheers CRUISING ALONG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted May 19, 2023 #2 Share Posted May 19, 2023 7 hours ago, CRUISING ALONG said: Tsunami warning issued for Lord Howe Island 19/05/2023 ISSUED: 19 May 2023 at 2:50pm The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a tsunami warning for Lord Howe Island. An undersea earthquake of magnitude-7.7 occurred at 12.57pm AEST to the southeast of Loyalty Islands or east-southeast of New Caledonia. So far, a 22-centimetre tsunami wave has been observed near New Caledonia. A Tsunami Warning for the marine environment is current for Lorde Howe island with an expected arrival time of 4:15pm local time (3:45pm AEST). There is no land threat to the Australian mainland or Australian territories. The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre is closely monitoring the situation and will advise immediately if there is cause for concern. Marine threat tsunami can generate dangerous rips, waves and strong currents that pose a risk to surfers, swimmers, people in small boats and anyone else in the water. There may be some localised flooding onto the immediate foreshore. Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves. There will be many waves and the first wave may not be the largest. nb Carnival Splendor is currently at Lifou Island, Pacific Adventure is at Mystery Island and Pacific Encounter is currently en-route to Lautoka. Cheers CRUISING ALONG Mystery Island reported a mini-tsunami while Pacific Adventure was at anchor and tendering. I hope the video link works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted May 19, 2023 #3 Share Posted May 19, 2023 9 hours ago, arxcards said: Mystery Island reported a mini-tsunami while Pacific Adventure was at anchor and tendering. I hope the video link works I wonder whether passengers on Pacific Adventure felt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISING ALONG Posted May 19, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted May 19, 2023 CANCELLATION OF TSUNAMI WARNING FOR LORD HOWE ISLAND Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) at 8:20 PM local time on Friday 19 May 2023 ******************************************************************************** SUMMARY: A tsunami was generated by an undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.7 at 01:27 PM local time on Friday 19 May 2023 near Southeast of Loyalty Islands (23.13S, 170.71E). The main tsunami waves have now passed all expected LORD HOWE ISLAND locations. Small unusual waves may continue but are NO LONGER expected to be dangerous. TSUNAMI WARNINGS for LORD HOWE ISLAND are therefore CANCELLED. No updates or further warnings will be issued unless the situation changes. NEW SOUTH WALES STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE will advise the All Clear when it's safe to return to coastal areas. In the past 24 hours there has been 1 quake above magnitude 7 in or near New Caledonia , 23 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6 and 17 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5. Carnival Splendor was at Lifou yesterday ( 19/5/23) and today is at Mystery Island Pacific Adventure was at Mystery Island yesterday and today is en-route to Lautoka Pacific Encounter is at Lautoka today Cheers CRUISING ALONG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted May 20, 2023 #5 Share Posted May 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, CRUISING ALONG said: CANCELLATION OF TSUNAMI WARNING FOR LORD HOWE ISLAND Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) at 8:20 PM local time on Friday 19 May 2023 ******************************************************************************** SUMMARY: A tsunami was generated by an undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.7 at 01:27 PM local time on Friday 19 May 2023 near Southeast of Loyalty Islands (23.13S, 170.71E). The main tsunami waves have now passed all expected LORD HOWE ISLAND locations. Small unusual waves may continue but are NO LONGER expected to be dangerous. TSUNAMI WARNINGS for LORD HOWE ISLAND are therefore CANCELLED. No updates or further warnings will be issued unless the situation changes. NEW SOUTH WALES STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE will advise the All Clear when it's safe to return to coastal areas. In the past 24 hours there has been 1 quake above magnitude 7 in or near New Caledonia , 23 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6 and 17 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5. Carnival Splendor was at Lifou yesterday ( 19/5/23) and today is at Mystery Island Pacific Adventure was at Mystery Island yesterday and today is en-route to Lautoka Pacific Encounter is at Lautoka today Cheers CRUISING ALONG Thank you for the information on quakes in the past 24 hours and ships in the vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted May 20, 2023 #6 Share Posted May 20, 2023 2 hours ago, MMDown Under said: I wonder whether passengers on Pacific Adventure felt it. I would say no. Anyone in one of the tenders at the time would have felt the bump and a wobble from an unexpected wave, but nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted May 20, 2023 #7 Share Posted May 20, 2023 1 hour ago, arxcards said: I would say no. Anyone in one of the tenders at the time would have felt the bump and a wobble from an unexpected wave, but nothing more. 1 hour ago, arxcards said: I would say no. Anyone in one of the tenders at the time would have felt the bump and a wobble from an unexpected wave, but nothing more. Tsunami and earthquakes are my biggest fears. When I asked a Tahitian fisherman how he ended up at Innisfail, he said his sister was washed away from a Tahiti island by a tsunami, so he needed to get away from the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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