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BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
334 AM SST WED FEB 10 2021

...THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS NOW CANCELED FOR AMERICAN SAMOA...

IN THIS MESSAGE ARE REVISED ALERTS... AND EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS.


AUDIENCE
--------
EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC


EVALUATION
----------

  * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.7 OCCURRED
    SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS AT 220 AM SST ON WEDNESDAY
    FEBRUARY 10 2021.

  * ALL AVAILABLE DATA INDICATE THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO
    AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ALTHOUGH MINOR SEA LEVEL
    FLUCTUATIONS MAY OCCUR.


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------

  * BE OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION IF YOU ARE NEAR OR
    IN THE OCEAN. OTHERWISE... NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.


TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
--------------------

  * THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL
    AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED
    LOCATIONS. THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS MEASURED WITH
    RESPECT TO THE TIDE LEVEL.

                            GAUGE      TIME OF   MAXIMUM     WAVE
                         COORDINATES   MEASURE   TSUNAMI   PERIOD
    GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON     (SST)     HEIGHT    (MIN)
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    MARE NEW CALEDONIA   21.5S 167.9E   308 AM   0.2FT/ 0.0M  10
    LENAKEL VU           19.5S 169.3E   317 AM   0.4FT/ 0.1M  06


POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------

  * MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS
    BEGINNING AROUND 541 AM SST ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10 2021...
    AND CONTINUING FOR UP TO SEVERAL HOURS.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED
-------------------------------------------

  * MAGNITUDE      7.7
  * ORIGIN TIME    220 AM SST FEB 10 2021
  * COORDINATES    23.1 SOUTH  171.5 EAST
  * DEPTH          20 MILES
  * LOCATION       SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------

  * THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
    NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.

  * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE
    INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

  * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
    EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.

$$