National Advisory: Tsunami - No Threat to New Zealand
No: 01
Issued at 2140 hours on 11 April 2012.

Issued by the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (MCDEM).

An earthquake has occurred with these parameters:
Origin time: 08:38:38 11 April 2012 UTC
NZ time: 2038 11 April 2012 NZST
Co-ordinates: 2.348°N, 93.073°E
Depth: 33 km
Location: Off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indian Ocean
Magnitude: 8.7
The above magnitude is provisional and may be increased or decreased as more seismic data becomes available.

Summary:

The United States Geoplogical Service has issued an Earthquake Report in response to the above earthquake. This earthquake is in a similar location and of a slightly lower magnitude to the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

MCDEM has assessed the information with the assistance of scientific advisors. Based on current information, the initial assessment is that the earthquake does not pose a tsunami threat to New Zealand. MCDEM will continue to monitor the situation. Only messages issued by MCDEM represent the official warning status for New Zealand.

This advisory has been issued to all local civil defence authorities, emergency services, other agencies and media.

This will be the final message via the national warning system for this event unless the event parameters change significantly.
NCMC status:

The National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) is not activated.

Useful websites:
www.civildefence.govt.nz
www.getthru.govt.nz
Issued by:

Message authorised by the National Controller, Civil Defence Emergency Management.
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