Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 18 Sep 2022 09:39 UTC

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Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)

17/09 23:41 WEGM42PHEB171352

2022-09-17 23:41 message from NTWC link

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

Original Message :

WEGM42 PHEB 171352

TIBGUM

GUZ001>004-171552-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI

1152 PM CHST SAT SEP 17 2022

...NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM/CNMI FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE...

AUDIENCE

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EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC

EVALUATION

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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.6 OCCURRED IN

TAIWAN AT 1141 PM CHST ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 2022.

* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO

GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN OR SAIPAN FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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* NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS

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* NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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* MAGNITUDE 6.6

* ORIGIN TIME 1141 PM CHST SEP 17 2022

* COORDINATES 23.0 NORTH 121.2 EAST

* DEPTH 28 MILES

* LOCATION TAIWAN

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS

ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.

* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE

INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.

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