Overall Green Earthquake alert in Drake Passage on 16 Oct 2025 01:42 UTC

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M 6.3 in Drake Passage on 16 Oct 2025 01:42 UTC

2025-10-16 01:56 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 occurred in the drake passage at 1143 am chst on thursday OCTOBER 16 2025
Based on all available data there is no TSUNAMI threat to guam rota tinian or saipan from this earthquake

Measurements Levels

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

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