Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 07 Apr 2016 03:32 UTC

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M 6.7 in Vanuatu on 07 Apr 2016 03:32 UTC

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Measurements Levels

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

07/04 04:01 WEPA42PHEB070341

07/04 04:01 WEPA40RJTD070353

07/04 04:01 WEIO24AMMC070342

07/04 04:01 WEIO22WIIX070331

07/04 04:01 WEHW42PHEB070342

07/04 04:01 WEAK53PAAQ070343

2016-04-07 04:01 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 occurred in the VANUATU ISLANDS at 0333 UTC on thursday APRIL 7 2016
Based on all available data there is no TSUNAMI threat from this earthquake

Original Message :

WEPA42 PHEB 070341
TIBPAC

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
0341 UTC THU APR 7 2016

...PTWC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...

**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****

THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS
MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
INFORMATION.

**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------

* MAGNITUDE 6.9
* ORIGIN TIME 0333 UTC APR 7 2016
* COORDINATES 13.9 SOUTH 166.6 EAST
* DEPTH 33 KM / 20 MILES
* LOCATION VANUATU

EVALUATION
----------

* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.9 OCCURRED IN
THE VANUATU ISLANDS AT 0333 UTC ON THURSDAY APRIL 7 2016.

* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT
FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------

* NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------

* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.

* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWER CASE-.

* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

* COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND
CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES
SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

* COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL
TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

$$

2016-04-07 04:01 message from JMA link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

There is a very small possibility of a destructive local TSUNAMI estimation at the forecast points - no tsunamis with amplitude of 0.5 meter or over are expected at any of them
However at some coasts particularly those near the epicenter higher tsunamis MAY arrive than our estimation authorities should be aware of this possibility
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

Original Message :

WEPA40 RJTD 070353
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)
ISSUED AT 0353Z 07 APR 2016
PART 01 OF 01 PARTS

HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME:0333Z 07 APR 2016
PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT13.9SOUTH LON166.6EAST
VANUATU ISLANDS
VANUATU ISLANDS
MAG:6.9
BY PTWC

EVALUATION
THERE IS A VERY SMALL POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI

ESTIMATION AT THE FORECAST POINTS - NO TSUNAMIS WITH
AMPLITUDE OF 0.5 METER OR OVER ARE EXPECTED AT ANY OF THEM.

HOWEVER AT SOME COASTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE NEAR THE EPICENTER, HIGHER
TSUNAMIS MAY ARRIVE THAN OUR ESTIMATION
AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.

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.

=

2016-04-07 04:01 link

Original Message :

WEIO24 AMMC 070342
---------------------------------------------------------------------
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 1
REGIONAL TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER - RTSP AUSTRALIA [JATWC]
ISSUED AT 0342 UTC THURSDAY 07 APRIL 2016
---------------------------------------------------------------------
TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES [NTWCs]
FROM: RTSP AUSTRALIA

NOTIFICATION:
RTSP AUSTRALIA HAS JUST ISSUED TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 FOR THE
INDIAN OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:

MAGNITUDE: 7.1 MWP
DEPTH: 30KM
DATE: 07 APR 2016
ORIGIN TIME: 0332 UTC
LATITUDE: 13.96S
LONGITUDE: 166.42E
LOCATION: VANUATU ISLANDS

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE RTSP AUSTRALIA WEBSITE AT:

http://reg.bom.gov.au/tsunami/rtsp/index.shtml

NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA
FOR NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ONLY. IT IS NOT FOR GENERAL
PUBLIC ACCESS.

GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AVAILABLE FROM:

JOINT AUSTRALIAN TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRE [JATWC]
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami

END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
---------------------------------------------------------------------

2016-04-07 04:01 link

Original Message :

WEIO22 WIIX 070331
TSP-INATEWS-20160407-0348-001
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 1
IOTWS TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER INDONESIA (INATEWS-BMKG)
ISSUED AT ISSUED AT 0348 UTC, THURSDAY, 07 APRIL 2016
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES (NTWCS)
FROM: IOTWS-TSP INDONESIA

NOTIFICATION:
IOTWS-TSP INDONESIA HAS JUST ISSUED TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 FOR
THE INDIAN OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:

MAGNITUDE : 6.5 (MW(MB))
DEPTH : 67KM
DATE : 07 APR 2016
ORIGIN TIME: 03:33:00 UTC
LATITUDE : 13.94S
LONGITUDE : 166.54E
LOCATION : VANUATU ISLANDS

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE IOTWS-TSP INDONESIA WEBSITE AT:

HTTP://RTSP.BMKG.GO.ID

NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA
FOR NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ONLY. IT IS NOT
FOR GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESS.

GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AVAILABLE FROM:

INDONESIA TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (INATEWS)
THE AGENCY FOR METEOROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS (BMKG)
ADDRESS: JL. ANGKASA I NO.2 KEMAYORAN, JAKARTA, INDONESIA, 10720
TEL.: 62 (21) 65867045
FAX: 62 (21) 6546316
P.O. BOX 3540 JAKARTA
WEBSITE: HTTP://RTSP.BMKG.GO.ID/PUBLICBULL.PHP
HTTP://INATEWS.BMKG.GO.ID
HTTP://WWW.BMKG.GO.ID
EMAIL : INARTSP@BMKG.GO.ID
MONITRTWP@BMKG.GO.ID

END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
--------------------------------------------------------------

2016-04-07 04:01 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

Based on all available data a destructive pacific-wide TSUNAMI is not expected and there is no TSUNAMI threat to hawaii
Repeat
A destructive pacific-wide TSUNAMI is not expected and there is no TSUNAMI threat to hawaii
This will be the only statement issued for this event unless additional data are received

Original Message :

WEHW42 PHEB 070342
TIBHWX
HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-070542-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
542 PM HST WED APR 06 2016

TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0533 PM HST 06 APR 2016
COORDINATES - 13.9 SOUTH 166.6 EAST
LOCATION - VANUATU
MAGNITUDE - 6.9 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

$$

2016-04-07 04:01 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

There is no TSUNAMI danger for the areas listed above
Based on earthquake information and historic TSUNAMI records the earthquake was not sufficient to generate a tsunami
An earthquake has occurred with parameters listed below

Original Message :

WEAK53 PAAQ 070343
TIBAK1

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
843 PM PDT WED APR 6 2016

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
----------
* THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

* BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS
THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI.

* AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH PARAMETERS LISTED BELOW.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
* THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A RAPID PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.

* MAGNITUDE 6.9
* ORIGIN TIME 1933 AKDT APR 06 2016
2033 PDT APR 06 2016
0333 UTC APR 07 2016
* COORDINATES 13.9 SOUTH 166.6 EAST
* DEPTH 21 MILES
* LOCATION VANUATU ISLANDS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
--------------------------------------
* REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

* PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON...
WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE.

$$

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