Friday, August 31, 2012

Philippines: 7.9 Quake & Tsunami Warning

****  UPDATE:  USGS lowers Magnitude to 7.6 ****

**** UPDATE: Tsunami Watch For Hawaii Cancelled ****

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USGS Earthquake Map

 

# 6527

 

Preliminary reports indicate that a 7.9 magnitude quake has struck east of the Philippines, and a Tsunami warning and watch have been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

 

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001


PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1255Z 31 AUG 2012

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR   INDONESIA / PHILIPPINES / BELAU / YAP / TAIWAN / JAPAN / GUAM / N. MARIANAS / PAPUA NEW GUINEA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR   CHUUK / MARCUS IS. / KOSRAE / POHNPEI / MARSHALL IS. /
WAKE IS. / SOLOMON IS. / RUSSIA / NAURU

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

 

 

At this time, we’ve no reports of damage, and we do not know whether a tsunami was generated, only that one is possible.

 

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