M 6 in Wallis and Futuna on 06 Dec 2019 13:04 UTC

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2019-12-06 02:05 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEZS42 PHEB 061310

TIBPPG



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

210 AM SST FRI DEC 06 2019



...NO TSUNAMI THREAT 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 6.4 OCCURRED IN

THE TONGA ISLANDS AT 205 AM SST ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 6 2019.



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

AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.



* SOME AREAS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED STRONG 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 6.4

* ORIGIN TIME 205 AM SST DEC 06 2019

* COORDINATES 15.2 SOUTH 175.0 WEST

* DEPTH 6 MILES

* LOCATION TONGA





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 WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.



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

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.



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