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The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia · NAVAREA XII 280/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-10-28 05:29Z

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 280309Z OCT 12.. Issued 2012-10-28 03:32Z. 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
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. The parsed report position is 52.900, -131.900. 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. NAVAREA XII 280/12 · this notice2012-10-28 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA XII 281/122012-10-28 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA XII 282/122012-10-28 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA XII 283/122012-10-28 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia →

issued
2012-10-28 03:32Z
status
Archived notice
authority
PTWC 280309Z OCT 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
PTWC
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
52.900, -131.900
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
ALASKA.
CANADA.
TSUNAMI WARNING.
AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 280304Z OCT WITH A PRELIMINARY
MAGNITUDE OF 7.1 VICINITY 52-54N 131-54W. A TSUNAMI
HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE
COASTAL AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA. 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.

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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

41 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

2 earthquake & tsunami bulletins listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:21Z; source collection times vary.

Quakes

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