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7.2 earthquake hits Papua Indonesia, no tsunami for Hawaii

by Big Island Video News
on Apr 5, 2013 at 7:08 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

From the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME – 0643 PM HST 05 APR 2013 COORDINATES – 3.5 SOUTH 138.6 EAST LOCATION – PAPUA INDONESIA MAGNITUDE – 7.2 MOMENT EVALUATION BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE […]

From the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME – 0643 PM HST 05 APR 2013

COORDINATES – 3.5 SOUTH 138.6 EAST

LOCATION – PAPUA INDONESIA

MAGNITUDE – 7.2 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.


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