Magnitude-6.8 quake strikes off the coast of southern Peru (Straits Times, September 25 2013)

[Giuseppe]

[Source: Straits Times, full page: (LINK).]


Magnitude-6.8 quake strikes off the coast of southern Peru

September 26, 2013 1:17 AM

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Geologists say a magnitude-6.8 earthquake has struck off the Pacific coast of south-western Peru.


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[Giuseppe]

Re: Magnitude-6.8 quake strikes off the coast of southern Peru (Straits Times, September 25 2013)

[Source: NOAA, full page: (LINK). Edited.]


000 WEHW42 PHEB 251713

TIBHWX

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-251913-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

713 AM HST WED SEP 25 2013

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

NOTE THE UPDATED EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE.

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0643 AM HST 25 SEP 2013
COORDINATES - 15.8 SOUTH 74.5 WEST
LOCATION - NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
MAGNITUDE - 7.2 MOMENT
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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 FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED. $$


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