WEME40 LGAT 202250 TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 001 NEAM NOA HL-NTWC TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER ISSUED AT 2249Z 20 JUL 2017 ... TSUNAMI WATCH ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO GREECE...TURKEY ... TSUNAMI INFORMATION ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO BELGIUM ... EGYPT ... FRANCE ... GERMANY ... GREECE ... ISRAEL ... ITALY ... LEBANON ... PORTUGAL ... SPAIN ... SWEDEN ... TURKEY ... IOC (UNESCO) .... ERCC (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) 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 - 2231 UTC THU JUL 20 2017 COORDINATES - 36.96 NORTH 27.59 EAST DEPTH - 10.0 KM LOCATION - 33 KM ENE FROM KOS MAGNITUDE - 6.4 ML EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI WATCH IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI THAT CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT GREATER THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP GREATER THAN 1M. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. 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. ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WATCH/ADVISORY AREA 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 FP COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME ALERT LEVEL -------------------- -------------- ------------- ----------- GREECE-KOS_KEFALOS 36.74N 26.98E 2250Z 20 JUL WATCH GREECE-KALIMNOS_PANORMOS 36.97N 26.93E 2300Z 20 JUL WATCH GREECE-RHODOS_TOWN 36.46N 28.21E 2303Z 20 JUL WATCH TURKEY-MUGLA BODRUM (M) 37.03N 27.42E 2242Z 20 JUL WATCH TURKEY-MUGLA AKSAZ (M) 36.84N 28.40E 2308Z 20 JUL WATCH TURKEY-AYDIN DIDIM 37.35N 27.28E 2323Z 20 JUL WATCH GREECE-KARPATHOS_MESOCHORI35.64N 27.10E 2304Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-RHODOS_LINDOS 36.09N 28.09E 2311Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-AMORGOS_KATAPOLA 36.83N 25.86E 2316Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-SITEIA 35.23N 26.11E 2324Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-IKARIA_AGIOS_KIRIKO37.61N 26.30E 2325Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-SANTORINI_ORMOS_FIR36.42N 25.42E 2326Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-KASTELORIZO_MEGISTI36.15N 29.59E 2326Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-AGIOS_NIKOLAOS 35.21N 25.72E 2327Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-IERAPETRA 35.01N 25.74E 2330Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-SAMOS_KARLOVASI 37.80N 26.68E 2334Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-MIKONOS_CHORA 37.45N 25.32E 2342Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-RETHIMNON 35.38N 24.47E 2343Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-KALOGEROI 38.15N 25.29E 2343Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-ANDROS 37.84N 24.94E 2346Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-TINOS 37.53N 25.16E 2346Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-GAVDOS_KARAVE 34.85N 24.12E 2348Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-MILOS_ADAMAS 36.72N 24.45E 2349Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-CHORA_SFAKION 35.20N 24.13E 2349Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-CHIOS_VOLLISOS 38.47N 25.92E 2350Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-SIROS_ERMOUPOLI 37.44N 24.95E 2355Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-NAXOS_CHORA 37.11N 25.37E 2355Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-EVIA_KIMI 38.62N 24.13E 0013Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-LESVOS_SIGRI 39.21N 25.84E 0014Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-CHANIA 35.53N 24.02E 0024Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-LESVOS_MOLIVOS 39.37N 26.17E 0035Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-LESVOS_MITILINI 39.10N 26.57E 0036Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-LIMNOS_MIRINA 39.87N 25.05E 0038Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-MUGLA DALAMAN 36.69N 28.78E 2311Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-ANTALYA FINIKE 36.29N 30.15E 2325Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-MUGLA FETHIYE 36.66N 29.11E 2325Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-ANTALYA KAS 36.20N 29.64E 2326Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-ANTALYA (M) 36.83N 30.61E 2339Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-ANTALYA ALANYA 36.55N 31.98E 2341Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-IZMIR ALACATI 38.25N 26.39E 2350Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-AYDIN KUSADASI 37.87N 27.26E 2355Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-IZMIR ALIAGA 38.83N 26.94E 0037Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-CANAKKALE GOKCEADA 40.23N 25.89E 0100Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-CANAKKALE BOZCAADA 39.84N 26.08E 0101Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-IZMIR MENTES (M) 38.43N 26.72E 0103Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-BALIKESIR AYVALIK 39.31N 26.69E 0128Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-IZMIR ALSANCAK 38.44N 27.14E 0201Z 21 JUL 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.