| Re: OT~Earthquake in Gulf of Mexico I saw that earlier. My wife's friend in Tampa felt it...
OH NOES! Florida's gonna fall into the ocean!!
Fortunately, it doesn't appear to have created any measurable tsunami.
"TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1510Z 10 SEP 2006
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
NOTE MAGNITUDE REVISED DOWNWARD FROM 6.0 TO 5.9
ORIGIN TIME - 1456Z 10 SEP 2006
COORDINATES - 26.4 NORTH 86.7 WEST
LOCATION - GULF OF MEXICO
MAGNITUDE - 5.9
EVALUATION
THIS EARTHQUAKE IS TOO SMALL TO CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI.
CONSEQUENTLY THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO PUERTO RICO OR THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED... AND BASED ON PREAPPROVED
PROTOCOLS... NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE."
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