M 5.7 in Northern Mariana Islands on 26 Oct 2018 09:05 UTC

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2018-10-26 19:06 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEGM42 PHEB 260913

TIBGUM



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

713 PM CHST FRI OCT 26 2018



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





AUDIENCE

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EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC





EVALUATION

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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.2 OCCURRED

ABOUT 137 MILES EAST OF GUGUAN AT 706 PM CHST ON FRIDAY

OCTOBER 26 2018.



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

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



* SOME AREAS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SHAKING.





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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* BE OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR OR

IN THE OCEAN. OTHERWISE... NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.





POTENTIAL IMPACTS

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* NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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* MAGNITUDE 6.2

* ORIGIN TIME 706 PM CHST OCT 26 2018

* COORDINATES 17.4 NORTH 147.9 EAST

* DEPTH 14 MILES

* LOCATION ABOUT 137 MILES EAST OF GUGUAN





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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* 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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