National Tsunami Warning Center, NOAA/NWS

Tsunami of 15 November 2006

A great earthquake with a moment magnitude of 8.3 occurred at 1114 UTC 15 November 2006 (day 319) and was located near the Kuril Islands (46.577°N, 153.247°E, 26.7km depth - USGS location).

The earthquake produced a tsunami that was recorded at tide gages monitored at the Tsunami Warning Centers. Many observatories provide data to the centers; such as the NOAA National Ocean Service, the Japanese Meteorological Agency, the U. of Hawaii Sea Level Center, the Chilean Navy, and the National Tidal Facility in Australia among others. Click on the site name to see a graph of the tsunami, when available. Listed wave heights are maximum peak-to-trough height in cm. Observed Arrival time is the actual tsunami arrival time in UTC on gages where it could be determined. The Computed Arrival time is the estimated time of arrival computed at the National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) based on the origin time and location. The Sample Interval column shows the time between samples.

For additional information about this tsunami see PMEL's Tsunami Research Web Page and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's homepage .



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Tide gage

Peak Wave height       (cm, p-t)

Observed Initial Arrival time (UTC)

Computed Initial Arrival time (UTC)

Initial motion

Sample Interval (min)

Data File (Julian Day Starts at  0000 UTC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adak, Alaska

39

1423

1423

rise

1

319   320

Amchitka, Alaska

55

1337

 

rise

.25

319   320

King Cove, Alaska

36

 

 

?

1

319   320

Nikolski, Alaska

32

 

 

rise

1

319   320

Sand Point, Alaska

21

 

1615

?

.25

319   320

Seward, Alaska

5

 

1729

?

1

319   320

Shemya, Alaska

92

1320

1324

rise

.25

319   320

Sitka, Alaska

25

 

1743

?

1

319   320

Yakutat, Alaska

5.8

1740

1742

fall

1

319   320

Pago Pago, Amer. Samoa

37

2100

2043

fall

1

319   320

Arena Cove, California

118

1930

1939

rise

1

319   320

Crescent City, California

176

1945

1938

?

1

319   320

Humbolt Bay, California

10

 

1938

rise

1

319   320

La Jolla, California

25

2055

2054

fall

1

319   320

Los Angeles, California

22

 

 

?

1

319   320

Point Reyes, California

62

1950

1951

rise

1

319   320

Port San Luis, California

115

 

2018

rise

1

319   320

Richmond, California

17

 

 

?

1

 

San Diego, California

18

 

 

?

1

319   320

San Francisco, California

30

2020

2023

rise

1

319   320

Santa Barbara, California

79

 

2033

?

1

319   320

Santa Monica, California

30

2122

2046

fall

1

319   320

Antofagasta, Chile

46

 

 

?

6

 

Arica, Chile

82

 

0700 11/16

?

6

320   321

Caldera, Chile

76

 

 

fall

6

320   321

Coquimbo, Chile

75

 

 

?

6

320   321

Iquique, Chile

64

0730 11/16

0703 11/16

fall

6

320   321

Juan Fernandez Is, Chile

40

0730 11/16

0715 11/16

rise

6

320   321

Talcahuano, Chile

97

 

 

?

6

320   321

Rarotonga, Cook Is

18

 

2212

 

6

319   320

Lautoka, Fiji

3.3

 

2113

?

6

319   320

Nuku Hiva, Fr. Polynesia

88

 

2233

 

6

 

Baltra Is. Galapagos

62

0330 11/16

0324 11/16

rise

2

 

Santa Cruz, Galapagos

67

 

 

?

4

 

Hilo, Hawaii

98

1803

1806

rise

1

319   320

Honolulu, Hawaii

34

1740

1745

fall

1

319   320

Kahului Maui, Hawaii

152

1751

1757

rise

1

319   320

Nawiliwili Kauai, Hawaii

88

1723

1723

rise

1

319   320

Hachinohe, Japan

60

1311

 

?

 

 

Hakodate, Japan

40

1316

 

?

 

 

Hanasaki, Japan

80

1229

1222

rise

1

319   320

Kushiro, Japan

40

1243

 

?

 

 

Naha, Japan

13

 

1546

?

1

319   320

Ofunato, Japan

83

1305

1248

rise

1

319   320

Omaezaki, Japan

16

1310

1305

?

1

319   320

Tokachiko, Japan

120

1249

 

?

 

 

Tosa-Shimizu, Japan

80

 

1446

?

1

319   320

Kanton, Kiribati

6

 

1912

?

4

 

Kwajalein, Marshall Is.

28

1650

1650

rise

1

319   320

Midway Island

96

1525

1521

rise

1

319   320

Nauru, Nauru

11

 

1808

?

6

319   320

Jackson Bay, NZ

21

0120 11/16

0120 11/16

fall

6

 

Niue, Niue

13

 

2122

?

6

 

Astoria, Oregon

6.6

 

2003

?

1

319   320

Charleston, Oregon

38

 

1931

rise

1

319   320

Port Orford, Oregon

112

 

 

?

1

319   320

South Beach , OR

34

1945

1941

?

1

319   320

Manus, P.N.G.

13

1820

1818

fall

6

319   320

Atico, Peru

24

 

 

?

6

 

Callao-La Punta, Peru

73

 

0557 11/16

?

6

320   321

Apia, Samoa

57

 

2036

?

6

319   320

Honiara, Solomon Is.

7

2000

1947

?

6

319   320

Betio, Tarawa

5

 

 

?

6

 

Nukualofa,Tonga

9

 

2148

?

6

319   320

Funafuti, Tuvalu

6

1930

1929

?

6

 

Port Vila, Vanuatu Is.

29

2120

2100

rise

6

319   320

Wake Island

22

1503

1515

rise

1

319   320

Neah Bay, Washington

5

 

1927

?

1

319   320