** Tsunami -Santa Cruz AGAIN

[lenseman]

A LARGER EARTHQUAKE measuring 7.0 has struck the same location at1540 UTC today .Details to follow.

 

[lenseman]

Sorry the above was such a short message but I was on the M4 motorway when the Tsunami email arrived so I stopped to just post a quick warning. Full text below:

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
532 AM HST FRI FEB 08 2013

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0527 AM HST 08 FEB 2013
COORDINATES - 10.8 SOUTH 166.1 EAST
LOCATION - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.0 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.



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