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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
1930 UTC SAT JAN 15 2022

...TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...


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 THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
 UNESCO/IOC TSUNAMI AND OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEM FOR
 THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL
 AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.

 NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
 ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
 INFORMATION.

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TONGA VOLCANO PARAMETERS
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  * ORIGIN TIME    0427 UTC JAN 15 2022
  * COORDINATES    20.5 SOUTH  175.4 WEST
  * LOCATION       TONGA


EVALUATION
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  * THE TONGA VOLCANIC EXPLOSION HAS GENERATED SMALL TSUNAMI
    WAVES THAT ARE NON-THREATENING IN THE CARIBBEAN BASIN.



RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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  * NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.


TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
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  * THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL
    AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED
    LOCATIONS. THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS MEASURED WITH
    RESPECT TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVEL.

                            GAUGE      TIME OF   MAXIMUM     WAVE
                         COORDINATES   MEASURE   TSUNAMI   PERIOD
    GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON     (UTC)     HEIGHT    (MIN)
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    ROCKPORT TX          28.0N  97.0W    1338   0.04M/ 0.1FT  64
    MAYAGUEZ PR          18.2N  67.2W    1633   0.06M/ 0.2FT  28
    DESHAIES GUADELOUPE  16.3N  61.8W    1741   0.06M/ 0.2FT  06
    LIMETREE VI          17.7N  64.8W    1615   0.04M/ 0.1FT  14
    MONA ISLAND PR       18.1N  67.9W    1601   0.12M/ 0.4FT  08
    ISLA MUJERES MX      21.3N  86.7W    1744   0.03M/ 0.1FT  24
    PUERTO MORELOS MX    20.9N  86.9W    1730   0.03M/ 0.1FT  30


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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  * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
    ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.

  * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT
    WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

  * COASTAL REGIONS OF THE US GULF COAST... US EAST COAST... AND
    THE MARITIME PROVINCES OF CANADA SHOULD REFER TO U.S.
    NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND
    AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

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