WEME40 LGAT 170716 TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 001 NEAM NOA HL-NTWC CANDIDATE TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER ISSUED AT 0715Z 17 NOV 2015 ... TSUNAMI WATCH ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO GREECE ... TSUNAMI ADVISORY ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO ITALY ... TSUNAMI INFORMATION ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO BELGIUM ... EGYPT ... FRANCE ... GERMANY ... GREECE ... ISRAEL ... ITALY ... LEBANON ... PORTUGAL ... SPAIN ... SWEDEN ... TURKEY ... IOC (UNESCO) .... ERCC (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) 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 - 0710 UTC TUE NOV 17 2015 COORDINATES - 38.65 NORTH 20.53 EAST DEPTH - 5.0 KM LOCATION - 16 KM W FROM LEVKAS MAGNITUDE - 6.0 ML EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI WATCH IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI THAT CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT GREATER THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP GREATER THAN 1M. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE. EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI ADVISORY IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WATCH IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI THAT CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT LESS THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP LESS THAN 1M. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE. ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WATCH/ADVISORY AREA GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION FP COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME ALERT LEVEL -------------------- -------------- ------------- ----------- GREECE-CEPHALONNIA_ARGOSTO38.19N 20.49E 0723Z 17 NOV WATCH GREECE-IGOUMENITSA 39.51N 20.22E 0754Z 17 NOV WATCH GREECE-KERKIRA_PELEKAS 39.59N 19.81E 0730Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-KATAKOLO 37.64N 21.32E 0736Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-KIPARISSIA 37.26N 21.66E 0739Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-ZAKINTHOS 37.78N 20.91E 0740Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-GITHEION 36.77N 22.57E 0758Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-KITHERA_KAPSALI 36.14N 23.00E 0759Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-MONEMVASIA 36.68N 23.04E 0810Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-PATRA 38.25N 21.73E 0815Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-ANDROS 37.84N 24.94E 0907Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-EVIA_KIMI 38.62N 24.13E 0928Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-SKIATHOS 39.16N 23.49E 0946Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-VOLOS 39.35N 22.95E 1017Z 17 NOV ADVISORY GREECE-KATERINI 40.26N 22.60E 1046Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-CROTONE 39.08N 17.13E 0749Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-CATANZARO 38.83N 16.63E 0751Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-SIDERNO 38.27N 16.30E 0753Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-OTRANTO 40.15N 18.50E 0757Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-POLICORO LIDO 40.19N 16.72E 0802Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-GALLIPOLI 40.05N 17.97E 0803Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-LAGHI DI SIBARI 39.73N 16.52E 0803Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-TARANTO 40.48N 17.22E 0812Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-BRINDISI 40.66N 18.00E 0818Z 17 NOV ADVISORY ITALY-VIBO MARINA 38.72N 16.13E 0837Z 17 NOV ADVISORY SUPPLEMENT MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS NEW DATA AND EVALUATION ALLOWS. THE TSUNAMI ALERT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL AN END OF ALERT IS BROADCAST.