M 7.3 in Nicaragua on 14 Oct 2014 03:51 UTC

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2014-10-14 04:41 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEPA40 PHEB 140439

TSUPAC



TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

0435 UTC TUE OCT 14 2014



...PTWC FINAL TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...





**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****



THIS MESSAGE 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.



**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

---------------------------------



* MAGNITUDE 7.4

* ORIGIN TIME 0352 UTC OCT 14 2014

* COORDINATES 12.5 NORTH 88.3 WEST

* DEPTH 22 KM / 14 MILES

* LOCATION OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA





EVALUATION

----------



* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.4 OCCURRED

OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA AT 0352 UTC ON TUESDAY

OCTOBER 14 2014.



* BASED ON ALL DATA AVAILABLE TO THIS CENTER... THE TSUNAMI

THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW MOSTLY PASSED. ANY

REMAINING THREAT SHOULD BE EVALUATED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN

IMPACTED AREAS.





TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED

---------------------------------



* BASED UPON FURTHER ANALYSES OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE

TSUNAMI FORECAST... THERE IS NO LONGER A TSUNAMI THREAT

FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.





RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

-------------------



* REMAIN OBSERVANT AND EXERCISE NORMAL CAUTION NEAR THE SEA.

OTHERWISE... NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.





POTENTIAL IMPACTS

-----------------



* MINOR SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS MAY OCCUR IN COASTAL AREAS NEAR

THE EARTHQUAKE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.... AND CONTINUING FOR

UP TO SEVERAL HOURS.





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

--------------------------------------



* 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.



$$



2014-10-14 04:15 link


Original Message :

WEIO22 WIIX 140335

RTSP-INATEWS-20141014-0408-001

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION NUMBER 1

ISSUED BY THE

REGIONAL TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER - RTSP INDONESIA (INATEWS-BMKG)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ISSUED AT 0408 UTC, TUESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2014



TO : INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES (NTWCS)

FROM: RTSP INDONESIA



NOTIFICATION:

RTSP INDONESIA HAS JUST ISSUED TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 FOR THE INDIAN

OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:





EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION (PRELIMINARY)

MAGNITUDE : 7.1 (MW(MB))

DEPTH : 94KM

DATE : 14 OCT 2014

ORIGIN TIME: 03:51:41 UTC

LATITUDE : 12.69N

LONGITUDE : 87.94W

LOCATION : NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA



TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE RTSP INDONESIA WEBSITE AT:

HTTP://RTSP.BMKG.GO.ID



NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA FOR NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ONLY.

IT IS NOT FOR GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESS.



GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AVAILABLE FROM:

INDONESIA TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (INATEWS)

METEOROLOGICAL CLIMATOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL AGENCY (BMKG)

ADDRESS: JL. ANGKASA I NO.2 KEMAYORAN, JAKARTA, INDONESIA, 10720

TEL.: 62 (21) 65867045

FAX: 62 (21) 6546316

P.O. BOX 3540 JAKARTA

WEBSITE: HTTP://RTSP.BMKG.GO.ID/PUBLICBULL.PHP

HTTP://INATEWS.BMKG.GO.ID

HTTP://WWW.BMKG.GO.ID

EMAIL : INARTSP@BMKG.GO.ID

MONITRTWP@BMKG.GO.ID



END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE

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2014-10-14 04:14 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEPA40 PHEB 140413

TSUPAC



TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

0411 UTC TUE OCT 14 2014



...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...





**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****



THIS MESSAGE 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.



**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

---------------------------------



* MAGNITUDE 7.4

* ORIGIN TIME 0352 UTC OCT 14 2014

* COORDINATES 12.5 NORTH 88.3 WEST

* DEPTH 22 KM / 14 MILES

* LOCATION OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA





EVALUATION

----------



* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.4 OCCURRED

OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA AT 0352 UTC ON TUESDAY

OCTOBER 14 2014.



* BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... HAZARDOUS

TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE FOR COASTS LOCATED WITHIN 300 KM OF

THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.





TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED

---------------------------------



* HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE

WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EPICENTER ALONG THE COASTS OF



NICARAGUA... HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR







RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

-------------------



* GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS

SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL

POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION...

PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT.



* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT

FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND

LOCAL AUTHORITIES.





ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL

--------------------------



* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE

FOR PLACES WITH AN ETA WITHIN THE NEXT SIX HOURS. ACTUAL

ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN

WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.



LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)

------------------------------------------------------------

CABO SAN ELENA COSTA RICA 10.9N 86.0W 0438 10/14

CORINTO NICARAGUA 12.5N 87.2W 0447 10/14

PUERTO SANDINO NICARAGUA 12.2N 86.8W 0449 10/14

SIPICATE GUATEMALA 13.9N 91.2W 0459 10/14

SAN JUAN DL SUR NICARAGUA 11.2N 85.9W 0500 10/14

PUERTO QUEPOS COSTA RICA 9.4N 84.2W 0502 10/14

CABO MATAPALO COSTA RICA 8.4N 83.3W 0506 10/14

AMAPALA HONDURAS 13.2N 87.6W 0509 10/14

ACAJUTLA EL SALVADOR 13.6N 89.8W 0509 10/14

COCOS ISLAND COSTA RICA 5.5N 87.1W 0510 10/14

PUNTA BURICA PANAMA 8.0N 82.9W 0513 10/14

PUERTO MADERO MEXICO 14.8N 92.5W 0519 10/14

SALINA CRUZ MEXICO 16.5N 95.2W 0537 10/14

ACAPULCO MEXICO 16.9N 99.9W 0549 10/14

PUNTA MALA PANAMA 7.5N 80.0W 0605 10/14

LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO 17.9N 102.2W 0610 10/14

PUERTO PINA PANAMA 7.4N 78.0W 0618 10/14

BAHIA SOLANO COLOMBIA 6.3N 77.4W 0620 10/14

MANZANILLO MEXICO 19.1N 104.3W 0632 10/14

ESMERELDAS ECUADOR 1.2N 79.8W 0635 10/14

BALTRA ISLAND ECUADOR 0.5S 90.3W 0640 10/14

TUMACO COLOMBIA 1.8N 78.9W 0642 10/14

LA LIBERTAD ECUADOR 2.2S 81.2W 0657 10/14

BUENAVENTURA COLOMBIA 3.8N 77.2W 0700 10/14

PUERTO VALLARTA MEXICO 20.6N 105.3W 0709 10/14

TALARA PERU 4.6S 81.5W 0718 10/14

SOCORRO MEXICO 18.8N 111.0W 0726 10/14

SAN BLAS MEXICO 21.5N 105.3W 0729 10/14

MAZATLAN MEXICO 23.2N 106.4W 0730 10/14

CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO 22.8N 110.0W 0732 10/14

BALBOA HEIGHTS PANAMA 9.0N 79.6W 0827 10/14

GUAYMAS MEXICO 27.9N 110.9W 0832 10/14

PIMENTAL PERU 6.9S 80.0W 0834 10/14

PUNTA ABREOJOS MEXICO 26.7N 113.6W 0837 10/14

CHIMBOTE PERU 9.0S 78.8W 0849 10/14

LA PUNTA PERU 12.1S 77.2W 0850 10/14

SAN JUAN PERU 15.3S 75.2W 0906 10/14

ENSENADA MEXICO 31.8N 116.8W 0937 10/14

MOLLENDO PERU 17.1S 72.0W 0940 10/14

ARICA CHILE 18.5S 70.3W 0956 10/14

IQUIQUE CHILE 20.2S 70.1W 0957 10/14





POTENTIAL IMPACTS

-----------------



* A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS

CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST FOR

MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE.



* IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO

THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION

OF THE SHORELINE.



* IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT

THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES.



* PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE

CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA.





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

--------------------------------------



* THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF

THE SITUATION WARRANTS.



* 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.



$$



2014-10-14 04:13 link


Original Message :

WEIO24 AMMC 140411

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 2

REGIONAL TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER - RTSP AUSTRALIA [JATWC]

ISSUED AT 0411 UTC TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2014

---------------------------------------------------------------------

TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES [NTWCs]

FROM: RTSP AUSTRALIA



NOTIFICATION:

RTSP AUSTRALIA HAS JUST ISSUED TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 2 FOR THE

INDIAN OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:



MAGNITUDE: 7.3 MWP

DEPTH: 0KM

DATE: 14 OCT 2014

ORIGIN TIME: 0351 UTC

LATITUDE: 12.64N

LONGITUDE: 87.74W

LOCATION: NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA



TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE RTSP AUSTRALIA WEBSITE AT:



http://reg.bom.gov.au/tsunami/rtsp/index.shtml



NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA

FOR NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ONLY. IT IS NOT FOR GENERAL

PUBLIC ACCESS.



GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AVAILABLE FROM:



JOINT AUSTRALIAN TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRE [JATWC]

BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami



END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE

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2014-10-14 04:11 link


Original Message :

WEIO20 DEMS 140408

RTSP-INDIA-20141014-0351-001 (TYPE - I)

--------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTIFICATION MESSAGE 1

REGIONAL TSUNAMI ADVISORY SERVICE PROVIDER RTSP INDIA (ITEWC)

issued at: 0408 UTC Tuesday 14 October 2014

--------------------------------------------------------------------



TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES (NTWCs)

FROM: RTSP INDIA



NOTIFICATION:





RTSP INDIA HAS JUST ISSUED BULLETIN 1(PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION)

FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:



MAGNITUDE: 7.5 Mw(mB)

DEPTH: 10 km

DATE: 14 Oct 2014

ORIGIN TIME: 03 51 UTC

LATITUDE: 12.43 N

LONGITUDE: 88.18 W

LOCATION: off Coast of Central America



TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE RTSP INDIA WEBSITE AT:

www.incois.gov.in/Incois/tsunami/Login.jsp?dssid=dss141014035100&pid=RTWP



NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA

FOR NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ONLY. IT IS NOT FOR GENERAL

PUBLIC ACCESS.



GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AVAILABLE FROM:



INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING CENTRE (ITEWC)

INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES (INCOIS)

ADDRESS:"OCEAN VALLEY", PRAGATHI NAGAR (BO), NIZAMPET (SO),

HYDERABAD - 500 090, INDIA.

PHONE: 91-40-23895011

FAX: 91-40-23895012

EMAIL: TSUNAMI@INCOIS.GOV.IN

WEB: WWW.INCOIS.GOV.IN



END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE

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2014-10-14 04:06 link


Original Message :

WEIO24 AMMC 140404

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NOTIFICATION MESSAGE NUMBER 1

REGIONAL TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER - RTSP AUSTRALIA [JATWC]

ISSUED AT 0404 UTC TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2014

---------------------------------------------------------------------

TO: INDIAN OCEAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES [NTWCs]

FROM: RTSP AUSTRALIA



NOTIFICATION:

RTSP AUSTRALIA HAS JUST ISSUED TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1 FOR THE

INDIAN OCEAN, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE EVENT:



MAGNITUDE: 7.0 MWP

DEPTH: 10KM

DATE: 14 OCT 2014

ORIGIN TIME: 0351 UTC

LATITUDE: 12.40N

LONGITUDE: 88.20W

LOCATION: OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA



TO VIEW THE BULLETIN GO TO THE RTSP AUSTRALIA WEBSITE AT:



http://reg.bom.gov.au/tsunami/rtsp/index.shtml



NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED-ACCESS WEBSITE CONTAINING TECHNICAL DATA

FOR NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRES ONLY. IT IS NOT FOR GENERAL

PUBLIC ACCESS.



GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THIS EVENT IS AVAILABLE FROM:



JOINT AUSTRALIAN TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRE [JATWC]

BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami



END OF NOTIFICATION MESSAGE

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2014-10-14 04:06 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEHW42 PHEB 140404

TIBHWX

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-140604-



TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

604 PM HST MON OCT 13 2014



TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII



SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT



THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.



AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS



ORIGIN TIME - 0552 PM HST 13 OCT 2014

COORDINATES - 12.5 NORTH 88.3 WEST

LOCATION - OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA

MAGNITUDE - 7.4 MOMENT



EVALUATION



BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS

NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A

DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO

TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.



THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.



$$



2014-10-14 04:05 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation


Original Message :

WEPA42 PHEB 140403

TIBPAC



TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0403Z 14 OCT 2014



THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.



... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...



THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.



THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.



AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS



ORIGIN TIME - 0352Z 14 OCT 2014

COORDINATES - 12.5 NORTH 88.3 WEST

DEPTH - 22 KM

LOCATION - OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA

MAGNITUDE - 7.4



EVALUATION



A WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON

HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.



THE WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE

INFORMATION REGARDING ANY LOCAL TSUNAMI THREAT TO COASTS NEAR

THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.



THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.



THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS

FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.



2014-10-14 03:53 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation

  • There is no TSUNAMI danger for the areas listed above

Original Message :

WEAK53 PAAQ 140405

TIBAK1



PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK

905 PM PDT MON OCT 13 2014



...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH

COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...



EVALUATION

----------

* THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.



* BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS

THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI.



* AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH PARAMETERS LISTED BELOW.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

---------------------------------

* MAGNITUDE 7.4

* ORIGIN TIME 1953 AKDT OCT 13 2014

2053 PDT OCT 13 2014

0353 UTC OCT 14 2014

* COORDINATES 12.5 NORTH 88.3 WEST

* DEPTH 14 MILES

* LOCATION OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA





NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

--------------------------------------

* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER

MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES

AVAILABLE.



* REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.



* PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON...

WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.



$$