Japan has been struck by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake in the north eastern region which has triggered a massive tsunami. A tsunami warning has been issued by NOAA's National Weather Service to the following countries with the estimated time of arrival at forecast points. The warning states that actaul arrival time of the tsunami may differ and the initial wave may not be the largest. The time between successive waves can be five miniutes to one hour.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

JAPAN KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0642Z 11 MAR

KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0648Z 11 MAR

HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0701Z 11 MAR

SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0804Z 11 MAR

OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0920Z 11 MAR

RUSSIA URUP_IS 46.1N 150.5E 0721Z 11 MAR

SEVERO_KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0840Z 11 MAR

PETROPAVLOVSK_K 53.2N 159.6E 0842Z 11 MAR

UST_KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0846Z 11 MAR

MEDNNY_IS 54.7N 167.4E 0909Z 11 MAR

MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0806Z 11 MAR

N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0901Z 11 MAR

GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0917Z 11 MAR

WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0934Z 11 MAR

TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0940Z 11 MAR

HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0940Z 11 MAR

TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0944Z 11 MAR

CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1012Z 11 MAR

YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0952Z 11 MAR

PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 1002Z 11 MAR

LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1033Z 11 MAR

DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1100Z 11 MAR

MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1021Z 11 MAR

KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1053Z 11 1MAR

MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1132Z 11 MAR

BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1032Z 11 MAR

MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY_IS. 28.2N 182.6E 1035Z 11 MAR

POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1036Z 11 MAR

CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1041Z 11 MAR

KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1051Z 11 MAR

INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1057Z 11 MAR

BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1105Z 11 MAR

WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1117Z 11 MAR

MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1125Z 11 MAR

PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1131Z 11 MAR

JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1142Z 11 MAR

SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1143Z 11 MAR

PAPUA NEW GUINE MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1131Z 11 MAR

KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1132Z 11 MAR

VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1142Z 11 MAR

WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1154Z 11 MAR

RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1202Z 11 MAR

KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1212Z 11 MAR

AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1219Z 11 MAR

MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1223Z 11 MAR

LAE 6.8S 147.0E 1301Z 11 MAR

PORT_MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 1437Z 11 MAR

NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1157Z 11 MAR

JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON_IS. 16.7N 190.5E 1211Z 11 MAR

SOLOMON IS. PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 1228Z 11 MAR

FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 1230Z 11 MAR

MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1247Z 11 MAR

GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 1256Z 11 MAR

AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 1317Z 11 MAR

HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 1322Z 11 MAR

KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 1326Z 11 MAR

KIRIBATI TARAWA_IS. 1.5N 173.0E 1236Z 11 MAR

KANTON_IS. 2.8S 188.3E 1337Z 11 MAR

CHRISTMAS_IS. 2.0N 202.5E 1451Z 11 MAR

MALDEN_IS. 3.9S 205.1E 1526Z 11 MAR

FLINT_IS. 11.4S 208.2E 1621Z 11 MAR

HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND_IS. 0.6N 183.4E 1251Z 11 MAR

HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 200.6E 1307Z 11 MAR

HONOLULU 21.3N 202.1E 1321Z 11 MAR

KAHULUI 20.9N 203.5E 1327Z 11 MAR

HILO 19.7N 204.9E 1346Z 11 MAR

TUVALU FUNAFUTI_IS. 7.9S 178.5E 1338Z 11 MAR

PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA_IS. 6.3N 197.6E 1354Z 11 MAR

VANUATU ESPERITU_SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 1416Z 11 MAR

ANATOM_IS. 20.2S 169.9E 1511Z 11 MAR

TOKELAU NUKUNONU_IS. 9.2S 188.2E 1417Z 11 MAR

JARVIS IS. JARVIS_IS. 0.4S 199.9E 1435Z 11 MAR

WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS_IS. 13.3S 183.8E 1435Z 11 MAR

FUTUNA_I. 14.3S 181.8E 1448Z 11 MAR

SAMOA APIA 13.8S 188.2E 1453Z 11 MAR

AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO_PAGO 14.3S 189.3E 1500Z 11 MAR

COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA_IS. 10.8S 194.1E 1500Z 11 MAR

PENRYN_IS. 8.9S 202.2E 1533Z 11 MAR

RAROTONGA 21.2S 200.2E 1634Z 11 MAR

NIUE NIUE_IS. 19.0S 190.0E 1535Z 11 MAR

AUSTRALIA CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 1535Z 11 MAR

BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 1627Z 11 MAR

SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 1658Z 11 MAR

GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 1737Z 11 MAR

MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 1818Z 11 MAR

HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 1833Z 11 MAR

FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 1537Z 11 MAR

NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 1538Z 11 MAR

TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 1605Z 11 MAR

MEXICO ENSENADA 31.8N 243.2E 1650Z 11 MAR

PUNTA_ABREOJOS 26.7N 246.4E 1738Z 11 MAR

CABO_SAN_LUCAS 22.8N 250.0E 1815Z 11 MAR

SOCORRO 18.8N 249.0E 1825Z 11 MAR

MAZATLAN 23.2N 253.6E 1904Z 11 MAR

MANZANILLO 19.1N 255.7E 1930Z 11 MAR

ACAPULCO 16.9N 260.1E 2005Z 11 MAR

PUERTO_MADERO 14.8N 267.5E 2140Z 11 MAR

KERMADEC IS RAOUL_IS. 29.2S 182.1E 1656Z 11 MAR

FR. POLYNESIA PAPEETE 17.5S 210.4E 1714Z 11 MAR

HIVA_OA 10.0S 221.0E 1753Z 11 MAR

RIKITEA 23.1S 225.0E 1921Z 11 MAR

NEW ZEALAND NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 1723Z 11 MAR

EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 1823Z 11 MAR

AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 1823Z 11 MAR

GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 1829Z 11 MAR

MILFORD_SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 1847Z 11 MAR

WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 1853Z 11 MAR

AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 1905Z 11 MAR

NEW_PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 1908Z 11 MAR

NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 1917Z 11 MAR

WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 1937Z 11 MAR

DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 2029Z 11 MAR

LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 2103Z 11 MAR

BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 2120Z 11 MAR

NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 2215Z 11 MAR

PITCAIRN PITCAIRN_IS. 25.1S 229.9E 2008Z 11 MAR

GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 268.8E 2156Z 11 MAR

EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 2202Z 11 MAR

COSTA RICA CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 2215Z 11 MAR

PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 2241Z 11 MAR

CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 2243Z 11 MAR

NICARAGUA CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 2223Z 11 MAR

PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 2229Z 11 MAR

SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 2239Z 11 MAR

ANTARCTICA CAPE_ADARE 71.0S 170.0E 2230Z 11 MAR

THURSTON_IS. 72.0S 260.0E 0129Z 12 MAR

PANAMA PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 2254Z 11 MAR

PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 2340Z 11 MAR

PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 2350Z 11 MAR

BALBOA_HTS. 9.0N 280.4E 0201Z 12 MAR

HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 272.4E 2259Z 11 MAR

CHILE EASTER_IS. 27.1S 250.6E 2303Z 11 MAR

ARICA 18.5S 289.7E 0251Z 12 MAR

IQUIQUE 20.2S 289.9E 0256Z 12 MAR

ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 0302Z 12 MAR

CALDERA 27.1S 289.2E 0322Z 12 MAR

GOLFO_DE_PENAS 47.1S 285.1E 0324Z 12 MAR

COQUIMBO 29.9S 288.6E 0331Z 12 MAR

VALPARAISO 33.0S 288.4E 0345Z 12 MAR

CORRAL 39.8S 286.5E 0401Z 12 MAR

TALCAHUANO 36.7S 286.9E 0407Z 12 MAR

PUERTO_MONTT 41.5S 287.0E 0601Z 12 MAR

PUERTO_WILLIAMS 54.8S 291.8E 0904Z 12 MAR

PUNTA_ARENAS 53.2S 289.1E 1708Z 12 MAR

ECUADOR BALTRA_IS. 0.5S 269.7E 2338Z 11 MAR

ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 0009Z 12 MAR

LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 0030Z 12 MAR

COLOMBIA BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 2353Z 11 MAR

TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 0018Z 12 MAR

BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 0036Z 12 MAR

PERU TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 0041Z 12 MAR

PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 0145Z 12 MAR

LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 0146Z 12 MAR

CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 0152Z 12 MAR

SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 0200Z 12 MAR

MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 0233Z 12 MAR

Source: NOAA's National Weather Service (www.weather.gov)

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