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6.8 Magnitude Quake Strikes Near Tonga
6.8 Magnitude Quake Strikes Near Tonga
Report – By The Scoop Team.
An Earthquake Measuring 6.8 Magnitude Has struck near Tonga and the Somoa Islands Region. There appears to be no significant tsunami threat for the great south Pacific area however the Pacific Tsunami Center has warned there may be a risk of tsunami in the local Tonga and Samoa area.
The USGS government monitoring site registered the quake as a Magnatude 6.2, that is struck at 23:07 UTC (around 11:23am NZ time) and located near Tonga at a depth of 8.6 kilometres.
TSUNAMI
BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2314Z 22 SEP 2011
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 - 2307Z 22 SEP 2011 COORDINATES - 15.0 SOUTH 174.8 WEST DEPTH - 41 KM LOCATION - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION MAGNITUDE - 6.8
EVALUATION
NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.
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