M 5.5 in South Of Mariana Islands on 15 May 2022 11:09 UTC

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2022-05-15 21:10 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEGM42 PHEB 151119

TIBGUM



GUZ001>004-151319-



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI

919 PM CHST SUN MAY 15 2022



...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 5.6 OCCURRED

ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM AT 910 PM CHST ON SUNDAY

MAY 15 2022.



* 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 5.6

* ORIGIN TIME 910 PM CHST MAY 15 2022

* COORDINATES 11.9 NORTH 142.4 EAST

* DEPTH 37 MILES

* LOCATION ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUAM





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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