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BULLETIN

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

748 AM HST THU DEC 08 2016



TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII



SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH



A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT

0748 AM HST.



AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS



   ORIGIN TIME - 0739 AM HST 08 DEC 2016

   COORDINATES - 10.7 SOUTH  161.4 EAST

   LOCATION    - SOLOMON ISLANDS

   MAGNITUDE   - 8.0  MOMENT



EVALUATION



 BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY

 THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN

 FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE

 IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.



 IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF

 THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS



                     0256 PM HST THU 08 DEC 2016



FURTHER MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS

WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED.



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