ACTING GOVERNOR ELOY S. INOS, AT 4:30PM TODAY, HAS DECLARED A TSUNAMI WARNING TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WAVES GENERATED BY AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS MAGNITUDE, ALL RESIDENTS ARE ORDERED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Estimated time of arrival for the Tsunami Wave is 0853 UTC or 6:53 pm CHST today, Friday, March 11, 2011.
THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE WILL BE MONITORING THE MOVEMENT AND THE BULLETIN OF TSUNAMI EVENTS AND WILL BE ISSUING BULLETINS AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE OFFICIAL BULLETINS WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST ON 162.5 MEGAHERTZ, THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION HOTLINE AT TELEPHONE NUMBER 322-0220 OR CNMI 211.
