WENT42 LFPW 141835

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 001

NEAM CENALT CANDIDATE TSUNAMI WATCH PROVIDER

ISSUED AT 1834Z 14 AUG 2015



... 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 - 1803Z 14 AUG 2015

COORDINATES - 21.15 NORTH 45.80 WEST

DEPTH - 10 KM

LOCATION - NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC RIDGE

MAGNITUDE - 5.6



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.