Tsunami warning
Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 1125/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-04-19 14:57Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XIV 30/14 191358Z APR 14.. Issued 2014-04-19 14:12Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Solomon Sea. The parsed report position is -6.700, 155.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Tsunami warninglater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- USGS-USC000PFT92014-04-11 · Cancelled notice
- USGS-USC000PFUY2014-04-11 · Cancelled notice
- USGS-USC000PG0H2014-04-11 · Cancelled notice
- USGS-USC000PG3S2014-04-11 · Cancelled notice
- USGS-USC000PHAJ2014-04-12 · Cancelled notice
- USGS-USC000PHMH2014-04-12 · Cancelled notice
- issued
- 2014-04-19 14:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 30/14 191358Z APR 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Solomon Sea
- position
- -6.700, 155.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. SOLOMON ISLANDS. TSUNAMI WARNING. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED AT 191328Z APR WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.8 VICINITY 06-42S 155-00E. A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO COASTS AND ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC AREA. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND MAY BE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.
Reading this warning
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Collected reports in this area · earthquake & tsunami bulletins
336 within 180 nm since 1997 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- 72 km ese of kokopo, papua new guinea2026-09-26
- 163 km e of kokopo, papua new guinea2026-09-05
- 208 km se of kokopo, papua new guinea2025-09-16
- 118 km se of panguna, papua new guinea2025-05-02
- 104 km ese of kokopo, papua new guinea2025-04-12
- 126 km wnw of gizo, solomon islands2025-02-23
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 earthquake & tsunami bulletins listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:44Z; source collection times vary.
Quakes
Undersea earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and above (USGS) and the tsunami bulletins NAVAREA coordinators relay. All current earthquake & tsunami bulletins →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.