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No Tsunami from 6.1-M Loyalty Islands Quake

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UPDATE: 

The magnitude is 6.1; 6.6 was the preliminary report.

Date-Time

10 Sep 2018 19:31:38 UTC
11 Sep 2018 06:31:38 near epicenter
10 Sep 2018 08:31:38 standard time in your timezone

Location

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22.061S 170.085E

Depth 10 km

Distances

234.6 km (145.5 mi) ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
291.2 km (180.5 mi) SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
318.6 km (197.5 mi) ESE of W�, New Caledonia
363.7 km (225.5 mi) E of Mont-Dore, New Caledonia
375.3 km (232.7 mi) E of Dumb�a, New Caledonia

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ORGINAL: 11:18 a.m.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported on Monday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. that a 6.6-magnitude earthquake occurred southeast of Loyalty Islands at 9:32 a.m.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports there is no tsunami threat to Hawai‘i Island.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

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ORIGIN TIME 0932 AM HST 10 SEP 2018
COORDINATES – 22.1 SOUTH 170.0 EAST
LOCATION – SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY 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‘.

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