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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
540 AM CHST FRI MAR 05 2021

...POSSIBLE TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM/CNMI FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE...


AUDIENCE
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EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC


EVALUATION
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  * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OCCURRED IN
    THE KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION AT 528 AM CHST ON FRIDAY MARCH 5
    2021.

  * THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN AND SAIPAN FROM
    THIS EARTHQUAKE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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  * STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
    THAT A TSUNAMI WATCH... ADVISORY... OR WARNING COULD BE
    ISSUED LATER FOR GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN AND SAIPAN.


POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------

  * POTENTIAL TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED.

  * IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN AND
    SAIPAN... THE EARLIEST IMPACTS WOULD BE AROUND 224 PM CHST
    ON FRIDAY MARCH 05 2021.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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  * MAGNITUDE      8.0
  * ORIGIN TIME    528 AM CHST MAR 05 2021
  * COORDINATES    29.6 SOUTH  176.0 WEST
  * DEPTH          6 MILES
  * LOCATION       KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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  * 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 WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

  * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
    EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.

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