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THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UPDATED IN THIS MESSAGE.
NOTE REVISED EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE IS 7.8
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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* MAGNITUDE 7.8
* ORIGIN TIME 2334 UTC JUL 17 2017
* COORDINATES 54.5 NORTH 168.9 EAST
* DEPTH 10 KM / 6 MILES
* LOCATION KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA RUSSIA REGION
EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.8 OCCURRED IN
THE KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA, RUSSIA REGION AT 2334 UTC ON
MONDAY JULY 17 2017.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE
FORECAST FOR SOME COASTS.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED
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* TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF
GUAM... HAWAII... JAPAN... JOHNSTON ATOLL... MARSHALL
ISLANDS... MIDWAY ISLAND... NORTHERN MARIANAS...
NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS... RUSSIA... WAKE ISLAND...
AND YAP.
* ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST
AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL
FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS
AND AT LOCATIONS WITH FRINGING OR BARRIER REEFS WILL LIKELY
BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.
* FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED IF
NECESSARY IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.
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