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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

0312 UTC WED NOV 1 2017



...PTWC TSUNAMI SUPPLEMENT STATEMENT...





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 THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE

 UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM 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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THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UNCHANGED IN THIS MESSAGE.



NOTE THE DOWNGRADED MAGNITUDE AND OBSERVATIONS.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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  * MAGNITUDE      6.6

  * ORIGIN TIME    0224 UTC NOV 1 2017

  * COORDINATES    21.6 SOUTH  168.7 EAST

  * DEPTH          14 KM / 9 MILES

  * LOCATION       LOYALTY ISLANDS





EVALUATION

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  * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.6 OCCURRED IN

    THE LOYALTY ISLANDS AT 0224 UTC ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1

    2017.



  * SMALL TSUNAMI WAVES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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  * PERSONS ALONG COASTAL AREAS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE SHOULD BE

    OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION. OTHERWISE... NO

    ACTION IS REQUIRED.





TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS

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  * 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 NORMAL TIDE LEVEL.



                            GAUGE      TIME OF   MAXIMUM     WAVE

                         COORDINATES   MEASURE   TSUNAMI   PERIOD

    GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON     (UTC)     HEIGHT    (MIN)

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    LIFOU NEW CALEDONIA  20.9S 167.3E    0250   0.02M/ 0.1FT  06

    LENAKEL VU           19.5S 169.3E    0256   0.10M/ 0.3FT  04

    MARE NEW CALEDONIA   21.5S 167.9E    0249   0.06M/ 0.2FT  04





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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  * THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

    NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.



  * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

    EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWER CASE-.



  * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT

    PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.



  * COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND

    CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES

    SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT

    PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.



  * COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...

    BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S.

    NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND

    AT NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.



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