WEPA40 RJTD 151648

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

   ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)

   ISSUED AT 1648Z 15 APR 2016

PART 01 OF 01 PARTS



HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME:1625Z 15 APR 2016

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT32.8NORTH LON130.8EAST

 KYUSHU, JAPAN

 SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN AND RYUKYU ISLANDS

MAG:7.1(MJMA)



EVALUATION

 THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI

 NEAR THE EPICENTER



ESTIMATION AT THE FORECAST POINTS - NO TSUNAMIS WITH

AMPLITUDE OF 0.5 METER OR OVER ARE EXPECTED AT ANY OF THEM.



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

TSUNAMIS MAY ARRIVE THAN OUR ESTIMATION

AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.



THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES ABOUT

THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION BY RE-EVALUATION OF THE

EARTHQUAKE OR THERE ARE REPORTS ON TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS.



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