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No tsunami threat to Hawaii from 6.6M Japan earthquake Sunday (April 10)

Magnitude
6.6
Date-Time
Monday, April 11, 2011 at 08:16:13 UTC
Monday, April 11, 2011 at 05:16:13 PM at epicenter
Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 10:16:13 HST
Location
37.007°N, 140.477°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles)
Region
EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
38 km (24 miles) W (260°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
71 km (44 miles) N (360°) from Mito, Honshu, Japan
81 km (50 miles) S (179°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
163 km (101 miles) NNE (23°) from TOKYO, Japan

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0825Z 11 APR 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 REPORTED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.

ORIGIN TIME – 0816Z 11 APR 2011
COORDINATES – 36.9 NORTH 140.7 EAST
DEPTH – 10 KM
LOCATION – NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE – 7.1
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 JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION… THE MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY. THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…WASHINGTON…OREGON…CALIFORNIA.

THE TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED IN JAPAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED

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