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Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 3833/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-12-09 22:03Z

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) · PTWC 091944Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-09 20:08Z. 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 -10.800, 161.200. 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

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.

  1. USGS-US20007Z802016-12-08 · Cancelled notice
  2. USGS-US200081AS2016-12-08 · Cancelled notice
  3. USGS-US20007ZBI2016-12-08 · Cancelled notice
  4. USGS-US20007ZBN2016-12-08 · Cancelled notice
  5. USGS-US200081BU2016-12-08 · Cancelled notice
  6. USGS-US20007ZLQ2016-12-09 · Cancelled notice
Compare all 21 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Solomon Sea →

issued
2016-12-09 20:08Z
status
Archived notice
authority
PTWC 091944Z DEC 16.
issued by
PTWC
sea
Solomon Sea
position
-10.800, 161.200
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
SOLOMON SEA.
SOLOMON ISLANDS.
TSUNAMI WARNING.
AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 091910Z DEC WITH A
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.0, PRELIMINARY
LOCATION 10-48S 161-12E. A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN
GENERATED. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME
COASTS. 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.

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Collected reports in this area · earthquake & tsunami bulletins

144 within 180 nm since 1997 · 5 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 14:25Z; source collection times vary.

Quakes

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