No Tsunami Threat to Hawai‘i From 7.4-M Russia Quake

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
7:11 AM HST THURSDAY DEC 20 2018

A 7.4 EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS:

Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region
Preliminary Report: Magnitude 7.4

Date-Time
20 Dec 2018 17:01:54 UTC
21 Dec 2018 04:01:54 near epicenter
20 Dec 2018 06:01:54 HST

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA, A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAI‘I.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

Location 55.106N 164.709E

Depth 9 km

Distances
187.9 km (116.5 mi) SE of Ust�-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
277.9 km (172.3 mi) ESE of Klyuchi, Russia
457.9 km (283.9 mi) ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
465.0 km (288.3 mi) ENE of Yelizovo, Russia
478.6 km (296.8 mi) ENE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia