6.3M earthquake in Alaska, no tsunami threat to Hawaii

Magnitude

6.3

Date-Time

Friday, September 03, 2010 at 11:16:08 UTC

Friday, September 03, 2010 at 02:16:08 AM at epicenter

Location

51.785°N, 176.010°W

Depth

50.8 km (31.6 miles)

Region

ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA

Distances

45 km (30 miles) E of Adak, Alaska

130 km (80 miles) WSW of Atka, Alaska

1905 km (1180 miles) WSW of Anchorage, Alaska

2715 km (1680 miles) W of JUNEAU, Alaska

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

130 AM HST FRI SEP 03 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 – 0116 AM HST 03 SEP 2010

COORDINATES – 51.5 NORTH 175.9 WEST

LOCATION – ANDREANOF ISLANDS ALEUTIAN IS.

MAGNITUDE – 6.5 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.