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Tsunami warning

North Pacific · 2 messages · 2016-12-08 to 2016-12-08

status
closed 2016-12-08 20:22Z
opened
2016-12-08 18:57Z
sea
North Pacific Ocean
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chain (a message cancels or replaces another)
key
earthquake:HYDROPAC-3818/2016

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

  1. 1
    HYDROPAC 3818/162016-12-08 18:57Z → cancelled 2016-12-08 20:22Z (archive)
    Tsunami warning
    NORTH PACIFIC.
TSUNAMI WARNING.
AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 081739Z DEC WITH A
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.8, PRELIMINARY
LOCATION 10-42N 161-24E. A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN
GENERATED. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME
COASTS. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED
AND MAY BE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE
DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL
WAVE ARRIVAL.
  2. 2
    HYDROPAC 3819/162016-12-08 20:22Z → cancelled 2016-12-08 20:22Z (archive)
    Tsunami warning
    NORTH PACIFIC.
TSUNAMI WARNING.
CANCEL HYDROPAC 3818/16 AND THIS MSG, TSUNAMI
WARNING CANCELED.

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