WEMQ40 LFPW 311023 TSUNAMI EXERCISE MESSAGE NUMBER 002 NEAM CENALT TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER ISSUED AT 1023Z 31 OCT 2017 ... TSUNAMI WATCH ONGOING ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO ALGERIA ... FRANCE ... ITALY ... MONACO ... MOROCCO ... SPAIN ... TUNISIA ... UNITED KINGDOM ... TSUNAMI INFORMATION ONGOING ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO ALBANIA ... BELGIUM ... BULGARIA ... CAPE VERDE ... CROATIA ... CYPRUS ... DENMARK ... EGYPT ... ESTONIA ... FINLAND ... GEORGIA ... GERMANY ... GREECE ... ICELAND ... IRELAND ... ISRAEL ... LEBANON ... LIBYA ... MALTA ... MAURITANIA ... NETHERLANDS ... NORWAY ... POLAND ... PORTUGAL ... ROMANIA ... RUSSIAN FEDERATION ... SLOVENIA ... SWEDEN ... SYRIA ... TURKEY ... UKRAINE THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0901Z 31 OCT 2017 COORDINATES - 37.14 NORTH 6.56 EAST DEPTH - 15 KM LOCATION - WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA MAGNITUDE - 7.3 EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI WATCH SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS TSUNAMI CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT GREATER THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP GREATER THAN 1M. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE REGION AND REPORT IF ANY ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE. EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI INFORMATION BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI MODELLING THERE IS NO THREAT THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE OR MAJOR EFFECT IN THE REGION.THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME LEVEL (ADVISORY, WATCH) -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ALGERIA - JIJEL 36.82N 5.79E 0918Z 31 OCT WATCH ALGERIA - ALGER 36.77N 3.08E 0941Z 31 OCT WATCH TUNISIA - TABARKA 36.96N 8.75E 0941Z 31 OCT WATCH TUNISIA - TUNIS 36.81N 10.31E 1105Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - MAHON 39.89N 4.26E 0950Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - IBIZA 38.91N 1.43E 1016Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - PALMADEMALLORCA 39.57N 2.65E 1016Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - BARCELONA 41.39N 2.17E 1017Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - CARTAGENA 37.61N 0.94W 1021Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - TARRAGONA 41.12N 1.24E 1029Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - ALICANTE 38.35N 0.48W 1036Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - ALMERIA 36.84N 2.47W 1041Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - VALENCIA 39.47N 0.38W 1057Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - MELILLA 35.29N 2.94W 1058Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - CASTELLONDELAPLANA 39.98N 0.03W 1058Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - MALAGA 36.72N 4.42W 1108Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - CEUTA 35.89N 5.32W 1112Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - ALGECIRAS 36.18N 5.40W 1114Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - CADIZ 36.53N 6.29W 1213Z 31 OCT WATCH SPAIN - HUELVA 37.26N 6.95W 1241Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - QUARTO SANT ELENA 39.21N 9.27E 0951Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - ALGHERO 40.54N 8.31E 1000Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CARLOFORTE 39.15N 8.31E 1002Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - ORISTANO 39.86N 8.44E 1007Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CAGLIARI 39.21N 9.11E 1008Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - PONZA 40.88N 12.95E 1016Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - OROSEI 40.44N 9.78E 1018Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CALA LIBEROTTO 40.44N 9.79E 1018Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - SANTA TERESA DI GALLURA 41.25N 9.19E 1021Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - PALERMO 38.22N 13.34E 1022Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - IMPERIA 43.88N 8.02E 1023Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - GINOSTRA 38.78N 15.19E 1026Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - PORTO TORRES 40.84N 8.40E 1026Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - MARINA DI ANDORA 43.95N 8.15E 1028Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - GENOVA 44.41N 8.93E 1032Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - GORGONA 43.57N 9.96E 1032Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - ANZIO 41.45N 12.63E 1033Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - PALINURO 40.03N 15.28E 1034Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CIVITAVECCHIA 42.06N 11.81E 1035Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - GAETA 41.21N 13.59E 1036Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - NAPOLI 40.84N 14.27E 1037Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - MILAZZO 38.21N 15.27E 1038Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CETRARO 39.49N 15.94E 1038Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - SALERNO 40.68N 14.75E 1039Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - FIUMICINO 41.77N 12.21E 1041Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - VIBO MARINA 38.72N 16.13E 1042Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - MAZARA DEL VALLO 37.64N 12.58E 1045Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - MESSINA 38.20N 15.56E 1048Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - REGGIO CALABRIA 38.12N 15.65E 1049Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - MARINA DI CAMPO 42.74N 10.24E 1050Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - LA SPEZIA 44.10N 9.86E 1050Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - LERICI 44.06N 9.91E 1050Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CASTIGLIONE DELLA PESCAIA 42.74N 10.89E 1051Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - LIVORNO 43.55N 10.30E 1056Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - MARINA DI GROSSETO 42.72N 10.98E 1057Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - MARINA DI PISA 43.62N 10.28E 1059Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - PIOMBINO 42.92N 10.53E 1102Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CATANIA 37.44N 15.10E 1109Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - SIRACUSA 37.22N 15.23E 1109Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - SCIACCA 37.50N 13.08E 1110Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - SIDERNO 38.27N 16.30E 1111Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - LAMPEDUSA 35.50N 12.60E 1118Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - PORTO EMPEDOCLE 37.29N 13.53E 1119Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CATANZARO 38.83N 16.63E 1123Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - GELA 37.06N 14.23E 1129Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - CROTONE 39.08N 17.13E 1132Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - LAGHI DI SIBARI 39.73N 16.52E 1152Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - GALLIPOLI 40.05N 17.97E 1152Z 31 OCT WATCH ITALY - POLICORO LIDO 40.19N 16.72E 1202Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - AJACCIO 41.93N 8.78E 1005Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - TOULON 43.11N 5.97E 1014Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - LILEROUSSE 42.64N 8.93E 1018Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - NICE 43.69N 7.27E 1018Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - CANNES 43.55N 7.03E 1019Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - SOLENZARA 41.83N 9.40E 1034Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - MARSEILLE 43.31N 5.38E 1035Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - PORTVENDRE 42.52N 3.11E 1035Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - BASTIA 42.70N 9.45E 1044Z 31 OCT WATCH FRANCE - SETE 43.40N 3.69E 1104Z 31 OCT WATCH MONACO - MONACO 43.73N 7.42E 1019Z 31 OCT WATCH MOROCCO - SAIDIA 35.12N 2.29W 1052Z 31 OCT WATCH MOROCCO - AL-HOCEIMA 35.25N 3.91W 1101Z 31 OCT WATCH MOROCCO - TANGER-MED 35.89N 5.55W 1113Z 31 OCT WATCH UNITED KINGDOM - GIBRALTAR 36.13N 5.35W 1110Z 31 OCT WATCH MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- SPAIN MAHO 39.89N 4.27E 0952Z 0.07M 1MN ITALY CF06 39.14N 8.31E 0957Z 0.01M 4MN AJAC 41.92N 8.76E 1003Z 0.01M 0MN PTFE 43.36N 6.72E 1015Z 0.06M 0MN FIGU 43.48N 6.93E 1017Z 0.09M 0MN ROUS 42.64N 8.94E 1017Z 0.04M 0MN CENT 42.97N 9.35E 1021Z 0.12M 0MN SUPPLEMENT MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS NEW DATA AND EVALUATION ALLOWS. THE TSUNAMI ALERT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL AN END OF ALERT IS BROADCAST. TSUNAMI EXERCISE MESSAGE NUMBER 002