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UPDATE: No Tsunami Threat to Hawai‘i From 6.2-M Loyalty Islands Quake
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UPDATE: 3:51 PM HST, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2019: USGS
| Magnitude | 6.2 |
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| Location | 21.676S 169.769E |
| Depth | 10 km |
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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
3:30 PM HST, SATURDAY, MAY 18
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
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ORIGIN TIME – 0323 PM HST 18 MAY 2019
COORDINATES – 21.7 SOUTH 169.6 EAST
LOCATION – SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE – 6.8 MOMENT
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.
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