WEPA40 RJTD 122137

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

   ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)

   ISSUED AT 2137Z 12 MAY 2015

PART 01 OF 01 PARTS



HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME:2112Z 12 MAY 2015

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT38.9NORTH LON142.1EAST

 NEAR EAST COAST OF EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN

 JAPAN - KURIL ISLANDS - KAMCHATKA PENINSULA

MAG:6.6(MJMA)



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.



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