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TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 002

NEAM CENALT CANDIDATE TSUNAMI WATCH PROVIDER

ISSUED AT 0430Z 25 JAN 2016



... TSUNAMI ADVISORY ONGOING ...

THIS ALERT APPLIES TO ALGERIA ... MOROCCO ... SPAIN ... UNITED KINGDOM



... TSUNAMI INFORMATION ONGOING ...

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



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 - 35.53 NORTH 3.81 WEST

DEPTH - 10 KM

LOCATION - STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR

MAGNITUDE - 6.2



EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI ADVISORY

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED.

THIS TSUNAMI CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A 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.

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 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.



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 LEVEL (ADVISORY, WATCH)

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UNITED KINGDOM - GIBRALTAR 36.13N 5.35W 0449Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - CEUTA 35.89N 5.32W 0451Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - MALAGA 36.72N 4.42W 0453Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - ALGECIRAS 36.18N 5.40W 0453Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - MELILLA 35.29N 2.94W 0455Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - ALMERIA 36.84N 2.47W 0457Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - CARTAGENA 37.61N 0.94W 0516Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - CADIZ 36.53N 6.29W 0552Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

SPAIN - HUELVA 37.26N 6.95W 0620Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

MOROCCO - TANGER 35.79N 5.80W 0503Z 25 JAN ADVISORY

MOROCCO - RABAT 34.04N 6.84W 0604Z 25 JAN 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.