UPDATED TUESDAY at 9:33pm –  NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII  

 

 

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER   1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

826 PM HST TUE JUL 21 2020

 

TO – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

 

SUBJECT – TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

 

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT

THIS TIME.

 

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 

ORIGIN TIME – 0813 PM HST 21 JUL 2020

COORDINATES – 55.2 NORTH  158.6 WEST

LOCATION    – ALASKA PENINSULA

MAGNITUDE   – 7.8 (updated from preliminary 7.4)

 

EVALUATION

 

A TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC LOCATED CLOSER

TO THE EARTHQUAKE. BUT IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER

THERE IS A POSSIBLE TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

 

IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII… THE EARLIEST ESTIMATED

TIME THE HAZARD MIGHT BEGIN IS

 

1249 AM HST WED 22 JUL 2020