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NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAI‘I After 7.5M Oaxaca Quake
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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that occurred at 1:40 p.m. today off Oaxaca, Mexico did NOT cause a TSUNAMI THREAT for the Island or State of Hawai‘i, according to the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Ewa Beach, Hawai‘i, at 1:46 p.m. HST Friday, Feb., 16 2018.
An earthquake has occurred with these preliminary parameters:
Origin time – 0140 pm hst 16 feb 2018
Coordinates – 16.4 north 97.9 west
Location – oaxaca mexico
Magnitude – 7.5 moment
Based on all available data a destructive pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawai‘i.
| Magnitude | 7.2 |
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| Location | 16.646N 97.653W |
| Depth | 24 km |
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This will be the only statement issued for this event unless additional data are received.
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