The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports a 7.6 earthquake occurred near Papua New Guinea.
Based on all available data a destructive Pacific wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawai‘i.
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
757 AM HST SUN FEB 25 2018
TO – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
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SUBJECT – TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
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ORIGIN TIME – 0745 AM HST 25 FEB 2018
COORDINATES – 6.2 SOUTH 142.8 EAST
LOCATION – NEW GUINEA PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAGNITUDE – 7.6 MOMENT
EVALUATION
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAI‘I. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAI‘I.
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THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude
7.5
Date-Time
25 Feb 2018 17:44:44 UTC
26 Feb 2018 03:44:44 near epicenter
25 Feb 2018 06:44:44 standard time in your timezone
Location
6.149S 142.766E
Depth
35 km
Distances
151 km (94 miles) ENE (71 degrees) of Lake Murray, New Guinea, PNG
168 km (104 miles) WSW (258 degrees) of Mount Hagen, New Guinea, PNG
273 km (169 miles) E (91 degrees) of Tanahmerah, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
463 km (288 miles) SSE (150 degrees) of Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
612 km (380 miles) NW (307 degrees) of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
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