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687 WEHW40 PHEB 250339 TSUHWX HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-250539- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 537 PM HST TUE MAR 24 2020 TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. NOTE - THE MAGNITUDE IS REVISED DOWNWARD TO A 7.5. WE ARE WAITING FOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE POSSIBLE THREAT. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0449 PM HST 24 MAR 2020 COORDINATES - 49.0 NORTH 157.7 EAST LOCATION - EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS MAGNITUDE - 7.5 MOMENT EVALUATION BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 1039 PM HST TUE 24 MAR 2020 FURTHER MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED. $$