Premlimnary 7.4 mag. Oaxaca Earthquake

[Silas_Sancona 3,906]

Just saw this posted to Twitter.. Potential Tsunami threat for the west coast of Mexico, Guatemala,  El Salvador, and Honduras ( within 1000km of the quake's epicenter ) issued as well.. 

Hope our neighbors in that region of the world are safe..

[tropicbreeze 692]

At 1804 UTC TUE JUN 23 2020 the message from the Tsunami Warning Centre was:

TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST
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  * TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METRES ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL
    ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF

      MEXICO.

  * TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METRES ABOVE
    THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF

      COSTA RICA... ECUADOR... EL SALVADOR... GUATEMALA...
      HAWAII... HONDURAS... NICARAGUA... PANAMA... AND PERU.

  * ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST
    AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL
    FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS
    AND AT LOCATIONS WITH FRINGING OR BARRIER REEFS WILL LIKELY
    BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.

  * FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
    YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED IF
    NECESSARY IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.

 

At 1843 UTC TUE JUN 23 2020 the following:
THE TSUNAMI THREAT HAS NOW LARGELY PASSED.