Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Ecuador on 16 Apr 2016 23:58 UTC

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M 7.8 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.1 m) in Ecuador on 16 Apr 2016 23:58 UTC

2016-04-16 23:59 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 occurred near the coast of ECUADOR at 2359 UTC on saturday APRIL 16 2016
Based on all available data hazardous TSUNAMI waves are forecast for some coasts

Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)

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