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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


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