Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 04 Sep 2013 00:18 UTC

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M 6.5 in Japan on 04 Sep 2013 00:18 UTC

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Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)

04/09 00:34 WEPA40RJTD040033

04/09 00:28 WEPA40RJTD040027

2013-09-04 00:34 message from JMA link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

There is no possibility of a TSUNAMI

Original Message :

WEPA40 RJTD 040033

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)

ISSUED AT 0033Z 04 SEP 2013

PART 01 OF 01 PARTS

HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME:0018Z 04 SEP 2013

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT29.8NORTH LON139.0EAST

SOUTHEAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

GUAM TO JAPAN

FOCAL DEPTH:403km MAG:6.9(MJMA)

EVALUATION

THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF A TSUNAMI

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES ABOUT

THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION BY RE-EVALUATION OF THE

EARTHQUAKE OR THERE ARE REPORTS ON TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS.

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2013-09-04 00:28 message from JMA link

Original Message :

WEPA40 RJTD 040027

TSUNAMI BULLETIN ISSUED BY JMA

ORIGIN TIME 0018Z 4 SEP

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER LAT29.8N. LONG139.0E.

S OFF CENTRAL HONSHU

FOCAL DEPTH 403KM. MAG6.9

NO SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED ALONG JAPAN COASTS

NO FURTHER ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN=

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