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

2016-04-18 22:01 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 occurred off the coast of ECUADOR at 2359 UTC on saturday APRIL 16 2016
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 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 normal tide level

GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)
La Libertad Ec	-2.2	-80.9	02: 18	0.14	70

Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)
PTWC	La Libertad Ec	-2.2	-80.9	02: 18	0.14	70

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