Tohoku Earthquake

MARCH 11, 2011

Source Model 1:  Mw = 8.9


Effects in New Zealand

 

PREDICTED ARRIVAL TIMES FOR NEW ZEALAND

TIMES ARE IN UTC


NZ IS 13 HOURS AHEAD OF UTC


i.e. 1821Z 11 MAR = 7:21 AM NZDT MARCH 12 (SATURDAY MORNING)


NEW ZEALAND      NORTH_CAPE         34.4S 173.3E    1714Z 11 MAR

                 EAST_CAPE          37.7S 178.5E    1814Z 11 MAR

                 AUCKLAND(W)        37.1S 174.2E    1814Z 11 MAR

                 GISBORNE           38.7S 178.0E    1821Z 11 MAR

                 MILFORD_SOUND      44.6S 167.9E    1839Z 11 MAR

                 WELLINGTON         41.3S 174.8E    1845Z 11 MAR

                 AUCKLAND(E)        36.7S 175.0E    1856Z 11 MAR

                 NEW_PLYMOUTH       39.1S 174.1E    1900Z 11 MAR

                 NAPIER             39.5S 176.9E    1908Z 11 MAR

                 WESTPORT           41.8S 171.6E    1929Z 11 MAR

                 DUNEDIN            45.9S 170.5E    2021Z 11 MAR

                 LYTTELTON          43.6S 172.7E    2055Z 11 MAR

                 BLUFF              46.6S 168.3E    2113Z 11 MAR

                 NELSON             41.3S 173.3E    2206Z 11 MAR

AHIPARA: 35.16 S, 173.14 E, 8 m depth

CAPE REINGA: 35.16 S, 172.68 E, 38 m depth

KAIMAUMAU: 34.84 S, 173.275 E, 26 m depth

COOPERS: 34.97 S, 173.51 E, 9 m depth

WAITANGI, BAY OF ISLANDS: 35.269 S, 174.088 E, 6 m depth

WHANGAREI: 35.85 S, 174.51 E, 5 m depth

NOTE: TIME SERIES PLOTS BELOW ARE IN HOURS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.


THE PLOTS BELOW COVER THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN:

6:46 AM (hour 12) AND ~2:15 PM (hour 18) NZDT MARCH 12, 2011

TAURANGA: 37.6 S, 176.16 E, 19 m depth

RAGLAN: 37.8 S, 174.8 E, 30 m depth

GISBORNE: 38.67 S, 178.02 E, 62 m depth

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