** Marine Threat Tsunami Warning is current for Tasmania. **

THERE IS A MARINE TSUNAMI WARNING CURRENT FOR TASMANIA.

TSUNAMI SOURCE:
An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.9 (Latitude 45.960S Longitude 166.470E )
occurred at 07:22 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009 near OFF W. COAST OF S.
ISLAND, N.Z..

SUNAMI THREAT TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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SUMMARY:

Tsunami warning for the marine environment for parts of TASMANIA.

Threatened areas extend from Northern Tip of Flinders Island to Low Rocky
Point including Bicheno, Derwent Estuary, Eddystone Point, Flinders Island,
Hobart, Low Rocky Point, Maatsuyker Island, Maria Island, Orford, Scamander,
St Helens, Storm Bay and Channel, Swansea, Tasman Island and Wineglass Bay.

Possibility of DANGEROUS WAVES, STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS AND SOME LOCALISED
OVERFLOW ONTO THE IMMEDIATE FORESHORE for several hours from 09:30 pm (EST)
Wednesday.

Although major evacuations are not required, people are advised to get out of
the water and move away from the immediate water's edge.

Next update will be issued by 10:11 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009

DETAILS:

A threat of DANGEROUS WAVES, STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME
LOCALISED OVERFLOW ONTO THE IMMEDIATE FORESHORE exists for [parts of]
TASMANIA from Northern Tip of Flinders Island to Low Rocky Point including
Bicheno, Derwent Estuary, Eddystone Point, Flinders Island, Hobart, Low Rocky
Point, Maatsuyker Island, Maria Island, Orford, Scamander, St Helens, Storm
Bay and Channel, Swansea, Tasman Island and Wineglass Bay.

Tsunami effects are expected at the following locations from these times:

Babel Island after 10:00 pm (EST) Wednesday
St Helens after 09:30 pm (EST) Wednesday
Maria Is after 09:30 pm (EST) Wednesday
Hobart after 10:15 pm (EST) Wednesday
Southport Jetty after 10:00 pm (EST) Wednesday



For More Info: http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/tas_alerts.shtml