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TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 001

NEAM INGV IT-NTWC TSUNAMI SERVICE PROVIDER

ISSUED AT 0717Z 29 MAR 2024



... TSUNAMI INFORMATION ...

THIS ALERT APPLIES TO ALBANIA ... ALGERIA ... BOSNIA_HERZEGOVINA ...

CROATIA ... CYPRUS ... EGYPT ... FRANCE ... GREECE ... ISRAEL ...

ITALY ... LEBANON ... LIBYA ... MALTA ... MONACO ... MONTENEGRO ...

MOROCCO ... SLOVENIA ... SPAIN ... SYRIA ... TUNISIA ... TURKIYE ...

UK



THIS ALERT IS ADDRESSED TO ALL COUNTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS SUBSCRIBED

TO THE SERVICES OF INGV TSP IN ITS MONITORING AREA



THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.



AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0712Z 29 MAR 2024

COORDINATES - 37.33 NORTH 21.15 EAST

DEPTH - 9 KM

LOCATION - SOUTHERN_GREECE

MAGNITUDE - 5.9



ALERT LEVEL IS ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE ESTIMATIONS OF

EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS AND BASED ON ICG/NEAMTWS DECISION MATRIX



EVALUATION OF TSUNAMI INFORMATION

BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI MODELLING THERE IS NO

THREAT THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE OR

MAJOR EFFECT IN THE REGION. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.



HOWEVER, AT SOME COASTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE NEAR THE EPICENTER, HIGHER

TSUNAMIS MAY ARRIVE THAN OUR ESTIMATION.

AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.



THIS WILL BE THE FINAL MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.



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