ZCZC WEZS42 PHEB 290419 TIBPPG TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 519 PM SST TUE MAR 28 2017 ...NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE... AUDIENCE -------- EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6.9 OCCURRED NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA AT 509 PM SST ON TUESDAY MARCH 28 2017. * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ----------------- * NO TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 6.9 * ORIGIN TIME 509 PM SST MAR 28 2017 * COORDINATES 57.0 NORTH 162.9 EAST * DEPTH 6 MILES * LOCATION NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA RUSSIA 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