ZCZC WEZS42 PHEB 080547 TIBPPG TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 3 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 647 PM SST THU SEP 07 2017 ...POSSIBLE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE - UPDATE... AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.2 OCCURRED OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO AT 549 PM SST ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7 2017. * THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A TSUNAMI WATCH... ADVISORY... OR WARNING COULD BE ISSUED LATER FOR AMERICAN SAMOA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * POTENTIAL TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED. * IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA... THE EARLIEST IMPACTS WOULD BE AROUND 554 AM SST ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 08 2017. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 8.2 * ORIGIN TIME 549 PM SST SEP 07 2017 * COORDINATES 14.9 NORTH 94.0 WEST * DEPTH 20 MILES * LOCATION OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS MEXICO NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS-. $$ NNNN