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No tsunami threat to Hawaii from 6.4M earthquake near Japan Tuesday (May 25)

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1107 PM HST TUE MAY 25 2010

TO – CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT – TSUNAMI INFORMATION

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME – 1053 PM HST 25 MAY 2010
COORDINATES – 25.8 NORTH 129.8 EAST
LOCATION – SOUTHEAST OF RYUKYU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE – 6.6 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

Magnitude
6.4
Date-Time
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 08:53:08 UTC
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 05:53:08 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
25.796°N, 129.956°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
SOUTHEAST OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS
Distances
235 km (145 miles) E of Naha, Okinawa, Japan
600 km (375 miles) ENE of Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
645 km (400 miles) S of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
1440 km (890 miles) SW of TOKYO, Japan

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