Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 21 Aug 2018 22:32 UTC

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M 6.5 in Vanuatu on 21 Aug 2018 22:32 UTC

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Measurements Levels

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

24/08 22:01 WEPA42PHEB212239

24/08 22:01 WEIO24AMMC212244

24/08 22:01 WEIO22WIIX212241

24/08 22:01 WEIO20DEMS212243

24/08 22:01 WEAK53PAAQ212241

21/08 12:32 WEHW42PHEB212240

21/08 11:32 WEZS42PHEB212241

2018-08-24 22:01 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation ? an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 occurred in the VANUATU ISLANDS at 2232 UTC on tuesday AUGUST 21.2018.

? based on all available data there is no TSUNAMI threat from this earthquake

Original Message :

WEPA42 PHEB 212239
TIBPAC

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
2239 UTC TUE AUG 21 2018

...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
---------------------------------

? MAGNITUDE 6.7
? ORIGIN TIME 2232 UTC AUG 21 2018
? COORDINATES 16.1 SOUTH 168.1 EAST
? DEPTH 10 KM / 6 MILES
? LOCATION VANUATU

EVALUATION
----------

? AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.7 OCCURRED IN
THE VANUATU ISLANDS AT 2232 UTC ON TUESDAY AUGUST 21 2018.

? 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

2018-08-24 22:01 link

Original Message :

WEIO24 AMMC 212244
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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 1
IOTWMS TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER AUSTRALIA ?JATWC?
ISSUED AT 2244 UTC TUESDAY 21 AUGUST 2018
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TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ?NTWCS?
FROM: IOTWMS-TSP AUSTRALIA

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

MAGNITUDE: 6.5 MWP
DEPTH: 38KM
DATE: 21 AUG 2018
ORIGIN TIME: 2232 UTC
LATITUDE: 15.96S
LONGITUDE: 168.23E
LOCATION: VANUATU ISLANDS

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE IOTWMS-TSP 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
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2018-08-24 22:01 link

Original Message :

WEIO22 WIIX 212241
TSP-INATEWS-20180821-2241-001
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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 1
IOTWMS TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER INDONESIA (INATEWS-BMKG)
ISSUED AT 2241 UTC, TUESDAY, 21 AUGUST 2018
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TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES (NTWC)
FROM: IOTWMS-TSP INDONESIA

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

MAGNITUDE : 6.7 MWP
DEPTH : 10KM
DATE : 21 AUG 2018
ORIGIN TIME: 22:32:27 UTC
LATITUDE : 16.00S
LONGITUDE : 168.15E
LOCATION : VANUATU ISLANDS

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE IOTWMS-TSP INDONESIA WEBSITE AT:

HTTP://RTSP.BMKG.GO.ID

NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA
FOR INDIAN OCEAN 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)
THE AGENCY FOR METEOROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS (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
EMAIL : INARTSP?BMKG.GO.ID
MONITRTWP?BMKG.GO.ID

END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
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2018-08-24 22:01 link

Original Message :

WEIO20 DEMS 212243

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 1??
IOTWMS TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER INDIA (ITEWC)???
ISSUED AT 2243 UTC TUESDAY 21 AUGUST 2018 ??
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TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES (NTWC)
FROM: IOTWMS-TSP INDIA

NOTIFICATION:
IOTWMS-TSP INDIA HAS JUST ISSUED TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 FOR
THE INDIAN OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:

MAGNITUDE: 6.5 M
DEPTH: 10 KM
DATE: 21 AUG 2018
ORIGIN TIME: 2232UTC
LATITUDE: 16.02 S
LONGITUDE: 168.06 E
LOCATION: VANUATU ISLANDS

TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE IOTWMS-TSP INDIA WEBSITE AT:

HTTP://WWW.INCOIS.GOV.IN/TSUNAMI/LOGIN.JSP?EVENTID=INCOIS2018QJPI?BNO
=1?TYPE=I?BFID=TSP

NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA
FOR INDIAN OCEAN 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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2018-08-24 22:01 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation ? there is no TSUNAMI danger for the u.s. west coast BRITISH columbia or alaska.

? based on earthquake information and historic TSUNAMI records the earthquake is not expected to generate a tsunami
? an earthquake has occurred with parameters listed below

Original Message :

WEAK53 PAAQ 212241
TIBAK1

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
341 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2018

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

EVALUATION
----------
? THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE U.S. WEST COAST, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, OR ALASKA.

? BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS,
THE EARTHQUAKE IS NOT EXPECTED 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 1432 AKDT AUG 21 2018
1532 PDT AUG 21 2018
2232 UTC AUG 21 2018
? COORDINATES 16.1 SOUTH 168.1 EAST
? DEPTH 6 MILES
? LOCATION NEAR THE VANUATU ISLANDS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
--------------------------------------
? REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE TSUNAMI.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

? PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON,
BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT TSUNAMI.GOV.

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

??

2018-08-21 12:32 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

Original Message :

WEHW42 PHEB 212240

TIBHWX

HIZ001?003-005?009-012?014-016?021-023?026-220040-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

1240 PM HST TUE AUG 21 2018

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 - 1232 PM HST 21 AUG 2018

COORDINATES - 16.1 SOUTH 168.1 EAST

LOCATION - VANUATU

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.

??

2018-08-21 11:32 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

Original Message :

WEZS42 PHEB 212241

TIBPPG

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

1141 AM SST TUE AUG 21 2018

...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE...

AUDIENCE

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EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC

EVALUATION

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? AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.7 OCCURRED IN

THE VANUATU ISLANDS AT 1132 AM SST ON TUESDAY AUGUST 21

2018.

? BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO

AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

-------------------

? NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS

-----------------

? NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

---------------------------------

? MAGNITUDE 6.7

? ORIGIN TIME 1132 AM SST AUG 21 2018

? COORDINATES 16.1 SOUTH 168.1 EAST

? DEPTH 6 MILES

? LOCATION VANUATU

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

--------------------------------------

? THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.

? FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE

INTERNET AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

? AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS-.

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