TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT - M 6.8 - GUERRERO, MEXICO -(NOT EXPECTED)

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER   1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
706 AM HST THU MAY 08 2014

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.


AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 0700 AM HST 08 MAY 2014
   COORDINATES - 17.2 NORTH  100.8 WEST
   LOCATION    - NEAR THE COAST OF GUERRERO  MEXICO
   MAGNITUDE   - 6.8  MOMENT

EVALUATION

 BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
 NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
 DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
 TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

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

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• M 6.8 - GUERRERO, MEXICO - 2014-05-08.... local time: 12:00...

Magnitude Mw 6.8 Region GUERRERO, MEXICO Date time 2014-05-08 17:00:15.3 UTC Location 17.39 N ; 100.74 W Depth 10 km Distances 281 km SW of Iztapalapa, Mexico / pop: 1,820,888 / local time: 12:00:15.3 2014-05-08 133 km W of Chilpancingo de los Bravos, Mexico / pop: 165,250 / local time: 12:00:15.3 2014-05-08 17 km N of Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico / pop: 14,638 / local time: 12:00:15.3 2014-05-08

Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
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• M6.4 - 15km N of Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico 

Event Time

1. 2014-05-08 17:00:17 UTC
2. 2014-05-08 12:00:17 UTC-05:00 at epicenter
3. 2014-05-08 20:00:17 UTC+03:00 system time

Location

17.385°N 100.656°W depth=23.9km (14.9mi)

Nearby Cities

1. 15km (9mi) N of Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico
2. 31km (19mi) NW of Atoyac de Alvarez, Mexico
3. 66km (41mi) ESE of Petatlan, Mexico
4. 73km (45mi) WNW of Coyuca de Benitez, Mexico
5. 277km (172mi) SW of Mexico City, Mexico

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