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In April 2017, the responsibility for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands returned to PTWC, along with the British Virgin Islands, to consolidate Caribbean responsibilities under one warning center.<ref>[https://www.weather.gov/news/170704-tsunami New Tsunami.gov Website Represents Major Advance in Tsunami Warning Center Product Dissemination]</ref> | In April 2017, the responsibility for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands returned to PTWC, along with the British Virgin Islands, to consolidate Caribbean responsibilities under one warning center.<ref>[https://www.weather.gov/news/170704-tsunami New Tsunami.gov Website Represents Major Advance in Tsunami Warning Center Product Dissemination]</ref> | ||
As of 2023, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System has access to about 600 high-quality seismic stations around the world and about 500 coastal and deep-ocean sea level stations. It has 46 member states: [[Brunei]], [[Cambodia]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]] (including [[Easter Island]] and the [[Juan Fernández Islands]]), China (which is considered to include [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]]), [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[East Timor]], [[North Korea]], [[Ecuador]] (including the [[Galapagos Islands]]), [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], [[Indonesia]], [[Japan]], [[Malaysia]], [[Mexico]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]], [[Philippines]], [[South Korea]], [[Russia]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], United States (including [[Guam]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], and the [[United States Minor Outlying Islands|Minor Outlying Islands]]), [[Vietnam]], [[Australia]] (including [[Norfolk Island]]), [[Cook Islands]], [[Fiji]], [[France]] (including [[French Polynesia]], [[New Caledonia]] and [[Wallis and Futuna]]), [[Kiribati]] (including the [[Gilbert Islands]], the [[Phoenix Islands]] and [[Kiritimati]]), the [[Marshall Islands]] (including [[Kwajalein Atoll]] and [[Majuro]]), the [[Federated States of Micronesia]], [[Nauru]], [[New Zealand]] (including the [[Kermadec Islands]]), [[Niue]], [[Palau]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Samoa]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tokelau]], [[Tonga]], [[Tuvalu]], the | As of 2023, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System has access to about 600 high-quality seismic stations around the world and about 500 coastal and deep-ocean sea level stations. It has 46 member states: [[Brunei]], [[Cambodia]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]] (including [[Easter Island]] and the [[Juan Fernández Islands]]), China (which is considered to include [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]]), [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[East Timor]], [[North Korea]], [[Ecuador]] (including the [[Galapagos Islands]]), [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], [[Indonesia]], [[Japan]], [[Malaysia]], [[Mexico]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]], [[Philippines]], [[South Korea]], [[Russia]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], United States (including [[Guam]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], and the [[United States Minor Outlying Islands|Minor Outlying Islands]]), [[Vietnam]], [[Australia]] (including [[Norfolk Island]]), [[Cook Islands]], [[Fiji]], [[France]] (including [[French Polynesia]], [[New Caledonia]] and [[Wallis and Futuna]]), [[Kiribati]] (including the [[Gilbert Islands]], the [[Phoenix Islands]] and [[Kiritimati]]), the [[Marshall Islands]] (including [[Kwajalein Atoll]] and [[Majuro]]), the [[Federated States of Micronesia]], [[Nauru]], [[New Zealand]] (including the [[Kermadec Islands]]), [[Niue]], [[Palau]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Samoa]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tokelau]], [[Tonga]], [[Tuvalu]], the United Kingdom (including the [[Pitcairn Islands]]), and [[Vanuatu]].<ref>[http://itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=1153&Itemid=1153 Pacific (PTWS)]</ref> | ||
[[File:PTWC building.jpg|frame|center|Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii]] | [[File:PTWC building.jpg|frame|center|Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii]] | ||