Magnitude
7.0
Date-Time
Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 00:57:12 UTC
Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 10:57:12 AM at epicenter
Saturday, July 09, 2011 at 02:57:12 PM HST
Location
38.040°N, 143.287°E
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 miles)
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
212 km (131 miles) E (96°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
237 km (147 miles) ENE (62°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
250 km (155 miles) E (81°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
411 km (255 miles) NE (49°) from TOKYO, Japan

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
305 PM HST SAT JUL 09 2011

TO – CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT – TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME – 0257 PM HST 09 JUL 2011
COORDINATES – 38.0 NORTH 143.5 EAST
LOCATION – OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE – 7.1 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.

Tsunami Advisory for Japan is cancelled.

More information: www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/index.html