WEMM40 LIIB 250805

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 002

NEAM INGV IT-NTWC CANDIDATE TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER

ISSUED AT 0805Z 25 JAN 2016



... TSUNAMI ADVISORY ONGOING ...

THIS ALERT APPLIES TO MOROCCO SPAIN



THIS ALERT IS ADDRESSED TO ALL COUNTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS SUBSCRIBED

TO THE SERVICES OF INGV CTSP IN ITS MONITORING AREA



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 - 0422Z 25 JAN 2016

COORDINATES - 35.50 NORTH 3.71 WEST

DEPTH - 10 KM

LOCATION - STRAIT_OF_GIBRALTAR

MAGNITUDE - 6.5



ALERT LEVEL IS ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE ESTIMATIONS OF

EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS AND BASED ON ICG/NEAMTWS DECISION MATRIX



EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI ADVISORY

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED.

THIS TSUNAMI CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH WAVE HEIGHT LESS THAN 0.5M AND/OR

CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP LESS THAN 1M. THIS

CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE

REGION AND REPORT IF ANY ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED.

AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY.



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.



HOWEVER, AT SOME COASTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE NEAR THE EPICENTER, HIGHER

TSUNAMIS MAY ARRIVE THAN OUR ESTIMATION.

AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.



ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN

THE WATCH AREA ARE 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, FORECAST POINT COORDINATES, ARRIVAL TIME, ALERT LEVEL

(ADVISORY, WATCH)

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MOROCCO - EL_HOCEIMA 35.24N 3.90W 0430Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - MELILLA 35.32N 2.92W 0448Z 25 JAN ADVISORY



MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

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SPAIN - MOTRIL 36.72N 3.52W 0513Z 25 JAN 0.03M 0MIN

SPAIN - MALAGA 36.72N 4.38W 0740Z 25 JAN 0.05M 0MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)

LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)

TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC TIME)

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL

IT IS ..NOT.. CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.

VALUES ARE GIVE N IN METERS (M)

PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES (MIN) FROM WAVE TO THE NEXT.



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.



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