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

2015-09-16 23:16 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 occurred near the coast of central CHILE at 2255 UTC on wednesday SEPTEMBER 16 2015
Based on the preliminary earthquake parameters widespread hazardous TSUNAMI waves are possible

Threat Forecast

Hazardous TSUNAMI waves from this earthquake are possible within the next three hours along some coasts of CHILE and PERU

Measurements Levels

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

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