ZCZC WEGM42 PHEB 052255 TIBGUM TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 855 AM CHST MON MAR 06 2017 ...NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM/CNMI FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE... AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.5 OCCURRED IN THE NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AT 848 AM CHST ON MONDAY MARCH 6 2017. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO GUAM... ROTA... TINIAN OR SAIPAN FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 6.5 * ORIGIN TIME 848 AM CHST MAR 06 2017 * COORDINATES 6.3 SOUTH 149.5 EAST * DEPTH 20 MILES * LOCATION NEW BRITAIN REGION PAPUA NEW GUINEA NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES. * 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-. $$ NNNN