ZCZC WEGM42 PHEB 251506 TIBGUM TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER FORD ISLAND HI 106 AM CHST THU MAR 26 2015 ...POSSIBLE TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM/CNMI FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE... AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.1 OCCURRED OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA AT 100 AM CHST ON THURSDAY MARCH 26 2015. * THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN AND SAIPAN FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A TSUNAMI WATCH... ADVISORY... OR WARNING COULD BE ISSUED LATER FOR GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN AND SAIPAN. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * POTENTIAL TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED. * IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN AND SAIPAN... THE EARLIEST IMPACTS WOULD BE AROUND 619 AM CHST ON THURSDAY MARCH 26 2015. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 8.1 * ORIGIN TIME 100 AM CHST MAR 26 2015 * COORDINATES 53.5 NORTH 162.0 EAST * DEPTH 19 MILES * LOCATION OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA RUSSIA NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND 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/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS-. $$