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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

1343 UTC SAT MAR 19 2016



...TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT - RETRANSMISSION...



THIS IS A RETRANSMISSION OF THE TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

ISSUED AT 1130 UTC 19 MARCH 2016.





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 THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE

 UNESCO/IOC TSUNAMI AND OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEM FOR

 THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL

 AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.



 NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF

 ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED

 INFORMATION.



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PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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  * MAGNITUDE      6.0

  * ORIGIN TIME    1127 UTC MAR 19 2016

  * COORDINATES    18.2 NORTH  60.5 WEST

  * DEPTH          33 KM / 20 MILES

  * LOCATION       LEEWARD ISLANDS





EVALUATION

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  * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.0 OCCURRED IN

    THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AT 1127 UTC ON SATURDAY MARCH 19 2016.



  * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT

    TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE. HOWEVER... THERE IS A

    VERY SMALL POSSIBILITY OF TSUNAMI WAVES ALONG COASTS LOCATED

    NEAREST THE EPICENTER.





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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  * CONSIDER AND PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A TSUNAMI THREAT

    TO THE CARIBBEAN REGION FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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  * FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE CARIBBEAN

    REGION FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS

    INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE OR IN NO MORE THAN ONE HOUR.



  * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

    EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL IN LOWERCASE LETTERS-.



  * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT

    PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.



  * COASTAL REGIONS OF PUERTO RICO... THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...

    AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL

    TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE

    PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.



  * COASTAL REGIONS OF THE US GULF COAST... US EAST COAST... AND

    THE MARITIME PROVINCES OF CANADA SHOULD REFER TO U.S.

    NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND

    AT NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.



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