Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 03 Apr 2016 08:23 UTC

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M 6.9 in Vanuatu on 03 Apr 2016 08:23 UTC

2016-04-03 09:16 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 occurred in the VANUATU ISLANDS at 0824 UTC on sunday APRIL 3 2016
Based on all data available to this center the TSUNAMI threat from this earthquake has now mostly passed
Any remaining threat should be evaluated by local authorities in impacted areas

Threat Forecast

The TSUNAMI threat has now largely passed.

Measurements Levels

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

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