Overall Red Earthquake in Chile on 16 Sep 2015 22:54 UTC

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M 8.3 Earthquake and Tsunami (3.3 m) in Chile on 16 Sep 2015 22:54 UTC

2015-09-18 09:08 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

A TSUNAMI has been generated that could potentially impact the areas listed above
The u s national TSUNAMI warning center is analyzing the event to determine the level of danger
More information will be issued as it becomes available
This earthquake has the potential to generate a destructive TSUNAMI in the source region

Tsunami Observations

The following are tsunami wave observations from coastal and/or deep-ocean sea level gauges at the indicated locations the maximum tsunami height is measured with respect to the normal tide level

GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)
VALPARAISO (CHILE)	-33.02	-71.55	05:04	1.37	-
COQUIMBO (CHILE)	-29.97	-71.33	04:47	4.60	-
CALDERA (CHILE)	-27.08	-70.81	04:35	0.40	-
JUAN_FERNANDEZ (CHILE)	-	-	04:46	0.64	-
CONSTITUCION (CHILE)	-	-	04:44	0.43	-
HUASCO (CHILE)	-28.46	-71.22	04:24	0.52	-
QUINTERO (CHILE)	-32.78	-71.54	04:15	1.46	-
SAN ANTONIO (CHILE)	-33.6	-71.61	04:20	0.70	-

Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)
NTWC	VALPARAISO (CHILE)	-33.02	-71.55	05:04	1.37	-
NTWC	COQUIMBO (CHILE)	-29.97	-71.33	04:47	4.60	-
NTWC	CALDERA (CHILE)	-27.08	-70.81	04:35	0.40	-
NTWC	JUAN_FERNANDEZ (CHILE)	-	-	04:46	0.64	-
NTWC	CONSTITUCION (CHILE)	-	-	04:44	0.43	-
NTWC	HUASCO (CHILE)	-28.46	-71.22	04:24	0.52	-
NTWC	QUINTERO (CHILE)	-32.78	-71.54	04:15	1.46	-
NTWC	SAN ANTONIO (CHILE)	-33.6	-71.61	04:20	0.70	-

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