Tuesday, March 20, 2012

[Geology2] Fwd: [Tsunami Message - IOC] Tsunami Information Bulletin

Wow, that is a big shallow quake not to far from the USA!


Begin forwarded message:

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME -  1803Z 20 MAR 2012
COORDINATES -  17.0 NORTH   98.1 WEST
DEPTH       -   10 KM
LOCATION    -  GUERRERO  MEXICO
MAGNITUDE   -  7.8

A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WAS NOT GENERATED BASED ON
EARTHQUAKE AND HISTORICAL TSUNAMI DATA. HOWEVER, THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOCAL TSUNAMI EFFECTS.  THIS EARTHQUAKE IS
LOCATED INLAND FROM THE COAST.

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