Overall Green Earthquake alert in Wallis & Futuna on 21 Jan 2014 01:29 UTC

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M 5.9 in Wallis & Futuna on 21 Jan 2014 01:29 UTC

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Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)

21/01 01:45 WEIO20DEMS210141

21/01 01:41 WEAK53PAAQ210139

21/01 01:38 WEPA42PHEB210136

21/01 01:38 WEHW42PHEB210137

2014-01-21 01:45 link

Original Message :

WEIO20 DEMS 210141

RTSP-INDIA-20140121-0129-001 (TYPE - I)
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NOTIFICATION MESSAGE 1
REGIONAL TSUNAMI ADVISORY SERVICE PROVIDER RTSP INDIA (ITEWC)
issued at: 0141 UTC Tuesday 21 January 2014
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TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES (NTWCs)
FROM: RTSP INDIA

NOTIFICATION:

RTSP INDIA HAS JUST ISSUED BULLETIN 1(PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION)
FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:

MAGNITUDE: 6.5 M
DEPTH: 10 km
DATE: 21 Jan 2014
ORIGIN TIME: 01 29 UTC
LATITUDE: 15.12 S
LONGITUDE: 174.56 W
LOCATION: Tonga Islands

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE RTSP INDIA WEBSITE AT:
www.incois.gov.in/Incois/tsunami/Login.jsp?dssid=dss140121012900&pid=RTWP

NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA
FOR NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ONLY. IT IS NOT FOR GENERAL
PUBLIC ACCESS.

GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AVAILABLE FROM:

INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE (ITEWC)
INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES (INCOIS)
ADDRESS:"OCEAN VALLEY", PRAGATHI NAGAR (BO), NIZAMPET (SO),
HYDERABAD - 500 090, INDIA.
PHONE: 91-40-23895011
FAX: 91-40-23895012
EMAIL: TSUNAMI@INCOIS.GOV.IN
WEB: WWW.INCOIS.GOV.IN

END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
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2014-01-21 01:41 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

There is no TSUNAMI danger for the areas listed above

Original Message :

WEAK53 PAAQ 210139

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK

539 PM PST MON JAN 20 2014

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH

COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION

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* THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

* THIS EVALUATION IS BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND

HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS.

* AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH PARAMETERS LISTED BELOW.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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* MAGNITUDE 6.5

* ORIGIN TIME 1629 AKST JAN 20 2014

1729 PST JAN 20 2014

0129 UTC JAN 21 2014

* COORDINATES 15.1 SOUTH 174.7 WEST

* DEPTH 21 MILES

* LOCATION TONGA ISLANDS

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER

MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES

AVAILABLE.

* REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

* PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON...

WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

$$

2014-01-21 01:38 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

Original Message :

WEPA42 PHEB 210136

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0136Z 21 JAN 2014

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN 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 - 0129Z 21 JAN 2014

COORDINATES - 15.1 SOUTH 174.7 WEST

DEPTH - 33 KM

LOCATION - TONGA

MAGNITUDE - 6.5

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON

HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL

TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN

A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES

IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS

POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS

FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

2014-01-21 01:38 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

Original Message :

WEHW42 PHEB 210137

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-210337-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

337 PM HST MON JAN 20 2014

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0329 PM HST 20 JAN 2014

COORDINATES - 15.1 SOUTH 174.7 WEST

LOCATION - TONGA

MAGNITUDE - 6.5 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS

NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A

DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO

TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

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