Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 14 Jan 2016 03:25 UTC

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M 6.7 in Japan on 14 Jan 2016 03:25 UTC

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Measurements Levels

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

14/01 04:01 WEPA42PHEB140336

14/01 04:01 WEPA40RJTD140336

14/01 04:01 WEPA40RJTD140334

14/01 04:01 WEIO24AMMC140335

14/01 04:01 WEIO22WIIX140338

14/01 04:01 WEHW42PHEB140336

14/01 04:01 WEAK53PAAQ140338

2016-01-14 04:01 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 occurred in the hokkaido JAPAN region at 0325 UTC on thursday JANUARY 14 2016
Based on all available data there is no TSUNAMI threat from this earthquake

Original Message :

WEPA42 PHEB 140336
TIBPAC

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
0336 UTC THU JAN 14 2016

...PTWC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...

**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****

THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS
MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
INFORMATION.

**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - FROM JMA
--------------------------------------------

* MAGNITUDE 6.7
* ORIGIN TIME 0325 UTC JAN 14 2016
* COORDINATES 42.0 NORTH 142.8 EAST
* DEPTH 47 KM / 29 MILES
* LOCATION HOKKAIDO JAPAN REGION

EVALUATION
----------

* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.7 OCCURRED IN
THE HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION AT 0325 UTC ON THURSDAY JANUARY 14
2016.

* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT
FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------

* NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------

* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.

* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWER CASE-.

* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

* COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND
CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES
SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

* COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL
TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

$$

2016-01-14 04:01 message from JMA link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

There is a very small possibility of a destructive local TSUNAMI estimation at the forecast points - no tsunamis with amplitude of 0.5 meter or over are expected at any of them
However at some coasts particularly those near the epicenter higher tsunamis MAY arrive than our estimation authorities should be aware of this possibility
This will be the final bulletin unless there are changes about the potential of TSUNAMI generation by re-evaluation of the earthquake or there are reports on TSUNAMI observations

Original Message :

WEPA40 RJTD 140336
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA)
ISSUED AT 0336Z 14 JAN 2016
PART 01 OF 01 PARTS

HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME:0325Z 14 JAN 2016
PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT42.0NORTH LON142.8EAST
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
JAPAN - KURIL ISLANDS - KAMCHATKA PENINSULA
MAG:6.7(MJMA)

EVALUATION
THERE IS A VERY SMALL POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI

ESTIMATION AT THE FORECAST POINTS - NO TSUNAMIS WITH
AMPLITUDE OF 0.5 METER OR OVER ARE EXPECTED AT ANY OF THEM.

HOWEVER AT SOME COASTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE NEAR THE EPICENTER, HIGHER
TSUNAMIS MAY ARRIVE THAN OUR ESTIMATION
AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION BY RE-EVALUATION OF THE
EARTHQUAKE OR THERE ARE REPORTS ON TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS.

=

2016-01-14 04:01 message from JMA link

Original Message :

WEPA40 RJTD 140334
TSUNAMI BULLETIN ISSUED BY JMA

ORIGIN TIME 0325Z 14 JAN
PRELIMINARY EPICENTER LAT42.0N. LONG142.8E.
S OFF HOKKAIDO
FOCAL DEPTH 47KM. MAG6.7

NO SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED ALONG JAPAN COASTS
NO FURTHER ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN=

2016-01-14 04:01 link

Original Message :

WEIO24 AMMC 140335
---------------------------------------------------------------------
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 1
REGIONAL TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER - RTSP AUSTRALIA [JATWC]
ISSUED AT 0335 UTC THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016
---------------------------------------------------------------------
TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES [NTWCs]
FROM: RTSP AUSTRALIA

NOTIFICATION:
RTSP AUSTRALIA HAS JUST ISSUED TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 FOR THE
INDIAN OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:

MAGNITUDE: 6.5 MWP
DEPTH: 10KM
DATE: 14 JAN 2016
ORIGIN TIME: 0325 UTC
LATITUDE: 42.00N
LONGITUDE: 142.50E
LOCATION: HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE RTSP AUSTRALIA WEBSITE AT:

http://reg.bom.gov.au/tsunami/rtsp/index.shtml

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:

JOINT AUSTRALIAN TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRE [JATWC]
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami

END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
---------------------------------------------------------------------

2016-01-14 04:01 link

Original Message :

WEIO22 WIIX 140338
RTSP-INATEWS-20160114-0338-001
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION NUMBER 1
ISSUED BY THE
REGIONAL TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER - RTSP INDONESIA (INATEWS-BMKG)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ISSUED AT 0338 UTC, THURSDAY, 14 JANUARY 2016

TO : INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES (NTWCS)
FROM: RTSP INDONESIA

NOTIFICATION:
RTSP INDONESIA HAS JUST ISSUED TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 FOR THE INDIAN
OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:

EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION (PRELIMINARY)
MAGNITUDE : 6.8 (MW(MB))
DEPTH : 54KM
DATE : 14 JAN 2016
ORIGIN TIME: 03:25:33 UTC
LATITUDE : 42.05N
LONGITUDE : 142.73E
LOCATION : HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE RTSP INDONESIA WEBSITE AT:
HTTP://RTSP.BMKG.GO.ID

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:
INDONESIA TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (INATEWS)
METEOROLOGICAL CLIMATOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL AGENCY (BMKG)
ADDRESS: JL. ANGKASA I NO.2 KEMAYORAN, JAKARTA, INDONESIA, 10720
TEL.: 62 (21) 65867045
FAX: 62 (21) 6546316
P.O. BOX 3540 JAKARTA
WEBSITE: HTTP://RTSP.BMKG.GO.ID/PUBLICBULL.PHP
HTTP://INATEWS.BMKG.GO.ID
HTTP://WWW.BMKG.GO.ID
EMAIL : INARTSP@BMKG.GO.ID
MONITRTWP@BMKG.GO.ID

END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
--------------------------------------------------------------

2016-01-14 04:01 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

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

Original Message :

WEHW42 PHEB 140336
TIBHWX
HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-140536-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
536 PM HST WED JAN 13 2016

TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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 - 0525 PM HST 13 JAN 2016
COORDINATES - 42.0 NORTH 142.8 EAST
LOCATION - HOKKAIDO JAPAN REGION
MAGNITUDE - 6.7 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.

$$

2016-01-14 04:01 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

There is no TSUNAMI danger for the areas listed above
Based on earthquake information and historic TSUNAMI records the earthquake was not sufficient to generate a tsunami
An earthquake has occurred with parameters listed below

Original Message :

WEAK53 PAAQ 140338
TIBAK1

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
738 PM PST WED JAN 13 2016

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

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

* BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS
THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI.

* AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH PARAMETERS LISTED BELOW.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
* THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A RAPID PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.

* MAGNITUDE 6.7
* ORIGIN TIME 1826 AKST JAN 13 2016
1926 PST JAN 13 2016
0326 UTC JAN 14 2016
* COORDINATES 42.0 NORTH 142.8 EAST
* DEPTH 26 MILES
* LOCATION HOKKAIDO JAPAN REGION

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
--------------------------------------
* 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.

* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE.

$$

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