M 6.6 in United States on 15 Aug 2018 21:56 UTC

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2018-08-16 07:57 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEGM42 PHEB 152206

TIBGUM



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

806 AM CHST THU AUG 16 2018



...NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM/CNMI FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE...





AUDIENCE

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EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC





EVALUATION

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? AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.5 OCCURRED IN

THE ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA AT 757 AM CHST

ON THURSDAY AUGUST 16 2018.



? BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO

GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN OR SAIPAN FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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? NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.





POTENTIAL IMPACTS

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? NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

---------------------------------



? MAGNITUDE 6.5

? ORIGIN TIME 757 AM CHST AUG 16 2018

? COORDINATES 51.3 NORTH 178.1 WEST

? DEPTH 22 MILES

? LOCATION ANDREANOF ISLANDS ALEUTIAN IS. ALASKA





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

--------------------------------------



? THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.



? FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE

INTERNET AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.



? AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS-.



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2018-08-15 22:31 link


Original Message :

WEIO24 AMMC 152220
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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 1
IOTWMS TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER AUSTRALIA ?JATWC?
ISSUED AT 2220 UTC WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST 2018
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TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ?NTWCS?
FROM: IOTWMS-TSP AUSTRALIA

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

MAGNITUDE: 6.5 MWP
DEPTH: 35KM
DATE: 15 AUG 2018
ORIGIN TIME: 2157 UTC
LATITUDE: 51.30N
LONGITUDE: 178.10W
LOCATION: ANDREANOF ISLANDS ALEUTIAN IS. ALASKA

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE IOTWMS-TSP 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
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2018-08-15 22:31 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 152206
TIBHWX
HIZ001?003-005?009-012?014-016?021-023?026-160006-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1206 PM HST WED AUG 15 2018

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 - 1157 AM HST 15 AUG 2018
COORDINATES - 51.3 NORTH 178.1 WEST
LOCATION - ANDREANOF ISLANDS ALEUTIAN IS. ALASKA
MAGNITUDE - 6.5 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.

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2018-08-15 21:57 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation

  • ? there is no TSUNAMI danger for the u s west coast BRITISH columbia or alaska

Original Message :

WEAK53 PAAQ 152201

TIBAK1



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK

201 PM AKDT WED AUG 15 2018



...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA, BRITISH

COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...



EVALUATION

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? THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE U.S. WEST COAST, BRITISH

COLUMBIA, OR ALASKA.



? BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS,

THE EARTHQUAKE IS NOT EXPECTED 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 6.5

? ORIGIN TIME 1357 AKDT AUG 15 2018

1457 PDT AUG 15 2018

2157 UTC AUG 15 2018

? COORDINATES 51.3 NORTH 178.1 WEST

? DEPTH 22 MILES

? LOCATION 125 MILES E OF AMCHITKA, ALASKA

75 MILES SW OF ADAK, ALASKA





ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE

--------------------------------------

? REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE TSUNAMI.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.



? PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON,

BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI

WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT TSUNAMI.GOV.



? THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER

MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

BECOMES AVAILABLE.



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2018-08-15 21:57 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEPA42 PHEB 152205

TIBPAC



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

2205 UTC WED AUG 15 2018



...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 6.5

? ORIGIN TIME 2157 UTC AUG 15 2018

? COORDINATES 51.3 NORTH 178.1 WEST

? DEPTH 35 KM / 22 MILES

? LOCATION ANDREANOF ISLANDS ALEUTIAN IS. ALASKA





EVALUATION

----------



? AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.5 OCCURRED IN

THE ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA AT 2157 UTC ON

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 2018.



? 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-.



2018-08-15 10:57 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEZS42 PHEB 152206

TIBPPG



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

1106 AM SST WED AUG 15 2018



...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE...





AUDIENCE

--------

EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC





EVALUATION

----------



? AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.5 OCCURRED IN

THE ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA AT 1057 AM SST

ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 2018.



? BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO

AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

-------------------



? NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.





POTENTIAL IMPACTS

-----------------



? NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

---------------------------------



? MAGNITUDE 6.5

? ORIGIN TIME 1057 AM SST AUG 15 2018

? COORDINATES 51.3 NORTH 178.1 WEST

? DEPTH 22 MILES

? LOCATION ANDREANOF ISLANDS ALEUTIAN IS. ALASKA





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

--------------------------------------



? THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.



? FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE

INTERNET AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.



? AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS-.



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