Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 20 Oct 2015 21:52 UTC

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M 7.1 in Vanuatu on 20 Oct 2015 21:52 UTC

2015-10-20 23:02 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 occurred in the VANUATU ISLANDS at 2152 UTC on tuesday OCTOBER 20 2015
Based on all available data there is no TSUNAMI threat because the earthquake is located too deep inside the earth

Measurements Levels

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

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