WEME40 LGAT 210207 TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 002 NEAM NOA HL-NTWC TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER ISSUED AT 0153Z 21 JUL 2017 ... TSUNAMI WATCH ONGOING ... THIS ALERT APPLIES TO GREECE...TURKEY 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 - 36.95 NORTH 27.42 EAST DEPTH - 10.0 KM LOCATION - DODECANESE IS.-TURKEY BORDER REG MAGNITUDE - 6.4 ML EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI WATCH SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS TSUNAMI CAN STRIKE COASTLINES WITH A WAVE HEIGHT GREATER THAN 0.5M AND/OR CAUSE A TSUNAMI RUN-UP GREATER THAN 1M. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE REGION AND REPORT IF ANY ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. 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 2243Z 20 JUL WATCH GREECE-KALIMNOS_PANORMOS 36.97N 26.93E 2254Z 20 JUL WATCH GREECE-RHODOS_TOWN 36.46N 28.21E 2301Z 20 JUL WATCH TURKEY-MUGLA BODRUM (M) 37.03N 27.42E 2231Z 20 JUL WATCH TURKEY-MUGLA AKSAZ (M) 36.84N 28.40E 2306Z 20 JUL WATCH TURKEY-AYDIN DIDIM 37.35N 27.28E 2317Z 20 JUL WATCH GREECE-KARPATHOS_MESOCHORI35.64N 27.10E 2258Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-RHODOS_LINDOS 36.09N 28.09E 2309Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-AMORGOS_KATAPOLA 36.83N 25.86E 2310Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-SITEIA 35.23N 26.11E 2318Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-IKARIA_AGIOS_KIRIKO37.61N 26.30E 2319Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-SANTORINI_ORMOS_FIR36.42N 25.42E 2320Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-AGIOS_NIKOLAOS 35.21N 25.72E 2321Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-IERAPETRA 35.01N 25.74E 2324Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-KASTELORIZO_MEGISTI36.15N 29.59E 2325Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-SAMOS_KARLOVASI 37.80N 26.68E 2328Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-MIKONOS_CHORA 37.45N 25.32E 2336Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-RETHIMNON 35.38N 24.47E 2337Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-KALOGEROI 38.15N 25.29E 2337Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-ANDROS 37.84N 24.94E 2340Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-TINOS 37.53N 25.16E 2340Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-GAVDOS_KARAVE 34.85N 24.12E 2342Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-MILOS_ADAMAS 36.72N 24.45E 2343Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-CHORA_SFAKION 35.20N 24.13E 2343Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-CHIOS_VOLLISOS 38.47N 25.92E 2344Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-SIROS_ERMOUPOLI 37.44N 24.95E 2349Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-NAXOS_CHORA 37.11N 25.37E 2349Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-MONEMVASIA 36.68N 23.04E 2356Z 20 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-EVIA_KIMI 38.62N 24.13E 0007Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-LESVOS_SIGRI 39.21N 25.84E 0008Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-CHANIA 35.53N 24.02E 0018Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-LESVOS_MOLIVOS 39.37N 26.17E 0029Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-LESVOS_MITILINI 39.10N 26.57E 0030Z 21 JUL ADVISORY GREECE-LIMNOS_MIRINA 39.87N 25.05E 0032Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-MUGLA DALAMAN 36.69N 28.78E 2309Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-ANTALYA FINIKE 36.29N 30.15E 2323Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-MUGLA FETHIYE 36.66N 29.11E 2323Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-ANTALYA KAS 36.20N 29.64E 2325Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-ANTALYA (M) 36.83N 30.61E 2338Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-IZMIR ALACATI 38.25N 26.39E 2344Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-AYDIN KUSADASI 37.87N 27.26E 2349Z 20 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-IZMIR ALIAGA 38.83N 26.94E 0031Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-CANAKKALE GOKCEADA 40.23N 25.89E 0054Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-CANAKKALE BOZCAADA 39.84N 26.08E 0055Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-IZMIR MENTES (M) 38.43N 26.72E 0057Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-BALIKESIR AYVALIK 39.31N 26.69E 0122Z 21 JUL ADVISORY TURKEY-IZMIR ALSANCAK 38.44N 27.14E 0155Z 21 JUL ADVISORY MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY COUNTRY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------------------ ------ ------ ----- ------ ----- TURKEY BODRUM 37.03 27.42 22:54:08 0.13 13.0 GREECE KASOS 35.42 26.92 01:07:00 0.07 11.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 GREECE PLIMIRI 35.93 27.86 00:07:17 0.03 8.0 According to Press Reports and eyewitness Accounts the coastal Zone of Kos city,Dodecanese island (Greece)flooded and Tsunami removed inland small boats and cars.Tsunami Flood was reported also from Bodrum(Turkey). LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH) LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST) TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC TIME) AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL. IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT. VALUES ARE GIVEN IN METERS (M). PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES (MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT. 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.