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TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 001

NEAM CENALT TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER

ISSUED AT 0244Z 08 FEB 2018



... TSUNAMI INFORMATION ...

THIS ALERT APPLIES TO ALBANIA ... ALGERIA ... BELGIUM ... BULGARIA ... CAPE VERDE ... CROATIA ... CYPRUS ... DENMARK ... EGYPT ... ESTONIA ... FINLAND ... FRANCE ... GEORGIA ... GERMANY ... GREECE ... ICELAND ... IRELAND ... ISRAEL ... ITALY ... LEBANON ... LIBYA ... MALTA ... MAURITANIA ... MONACO ... MOROCCO ... NETHERLANDS ... NORWAY ... POLAND ... PORTUGAL ... ROMANIA ... RUSSIAN FEDERATION ... SLOVENIA ... SPAIN ... SWEDEN ... SYRIA ... TUNISIA ... TURKEY ... UKRAINE ... UNITED KINGDOM



THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.



AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0229Z 08 FEB 2018

COORDINATES - 79.94 NORTH 2.40 EAST

DEPTH - 10 KM

LOCATION - GREENLAND SEA

MAGNITUDE - 5.5



EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI INFORMATION

BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI MODELLING THERE IS NO

THREAT THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE OR

MAJOR EFFECT IN THE REGION.THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.



THIS WILL BE THE FINAL MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.