Tsunami Bulletin Issued by NWS
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WECA43 PHEB 240055
TIBCAX
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
0052 UTC SUN JAN 24 2021
...TSUNAMI SUPPLEMENT STATEMENT...
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THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
UNESCO/IOC TSUNAMI AND OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEM FOR
THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL
AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
INFORMATION.
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NOTE TSUNAMI WAVE MEASUREMENTS AND THAT MAGNITUDE HAS BEEN REIVSED TO 7.0
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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* MAGNITUDE 7.0
* ORIGIN TIME 2337 UTC JAN 23 2021
* COORDINATES 62.0 SOUTH 55.3 WEST
* DEPTH 10 KM / 6 MILES
* LOCATION SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS
EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.0 OCCURRED IN
THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS AT 2337 UTC ON SATURDAY JANUARY
23 2021.
* SMALL TSUNAMI WAVES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
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* THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL
AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED