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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI

1458 UTC FRI MAR 21 2025

 

...PTWC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 



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 THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE

 UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS

 MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.

 

 NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF

 ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED

 INFORMATION.

 

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PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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  * MAGNITUDE      6.5

  * ORIGIN TIME    1451 UTC MAR 21 2025

  * COORDINATES    7.2 NORTH  82.3 WEST

  * DEPTH          10 KM / 6 MILES

  * LOCATION       SOUTH OF PANAMA

 



EVALUATION

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  * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.5 OCCURRED

    SOUTH OF PANAMA AT 1451 UTC ON FRIDAY MARCH 21 2025.

 

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

    FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

 



RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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  * NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

 



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.

 

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

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT

    EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.

 

  * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT

    WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

 

  * COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND

    CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES

    SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT

    WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

 

  * COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...

    BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S.

    NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND

    AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

 

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