WENT42 LFPW 260641

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 001

NEAM CENALT CANDIDATE TSUNAMI WATCH PROVIDER

ISSUED AT 0640Z 26 JUL 2016



... TSUNAMI INFORMATION ...

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



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 - 0549Z 26 JUL 2016

COORDINATES - 0.21 SOUTH 18.73 WEST

DEPTH - 10 KM

LOCATION - CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC RIDGE

MAGNITUDE - 5.8



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.



THIS WILL BE THE FINAL MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.