M 5.6 in Northern Mariana Islands on 03 Aug 2020 08:31 UTC

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2020-08-03 18:31 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEGM42 PHEB 030842

TIBGUM



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

642 PM CHST MON AUG 03 2020



...NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM/CNMI FROM A NEARBY EARTHQUAKE...





AUDIENCE

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EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC





EVALUATION

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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 5.9 OCCURRED

ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF GUGUAN AT 631 PM CHST ON MONDAY

AUGUST 3 2020.



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

GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN OR SAIPAN FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.



* SOME AREAS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SHAKING.





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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* NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.





POTENTIAL IMPACTS

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* NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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* MAGNITUDE 5.9

* ORIGIN TIME 631 PM CHST AUG 03 2020

* COORDINATES 17.1 NORTH 147.3 EAST

* DEPTH 24 MILES

* LOCATION ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF GUGUAN





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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* 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 WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.



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

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.



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