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Bulletemn emssued at 09:02 HKT 29/Apr/2005



TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT

 A.M.P.M. ON .





A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE  OCCURRED ATNEAR  AT ABOUT 

A.M.P.M. ON .



SO FAR IT IS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED. IN ANY

CASE, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT HONG KONG WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED.









THE EARTHQUAKE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATEHAS GENERATED A TSUNAMI WHICH

AFFECTS AREAS NEAR THE EPICENTRE.  IT IS UNLIKELY THAT HONG KONG WILL

BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED.





THE EARTHQUAKE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATEHAS GENERATED A TSUNAMI

ACROSS THE PACIFIC.  IF THE TSUNAMI PERSISTS, IT WOULD REACH HONG KONG

AROUND  A.M.P.M. AND RECUR AT INTERVALS OF 5 TO 60 MINUTES.  IT

IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT THE PRECISE HEIGHT OF THE TSUNAMI BUT IT IS

UNLIKELY TO EXCEED 0.5 METRE ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE LEVEL.









A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE  OCCURRED ATNEAR  AT ABOUT 

A.M.P.M. ON .



SO FAR IT IS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER THE EARTHQUAKE HAS GENERATED A TSUNAMI.

IF ONE HAS BEEN GENERATED, IT WOULD REACH HONG KONG AROUND  A.M.P.M.

THE OBSERVATORY WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION.



THE EARTHQUAKE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATEHAS GENERATED  A TSUNAMI IN

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.  IF THE TSUNAMI PERSISTS, IT WOULD REACH HONG KONG

AROUND  A.M.P.M. AND RECUR AT INTERVALS OF 5 TO 60 MINUTES. IT IS

IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT THE PRECISE HEIGHT OF THE TSUNAMI BUT IT IS

UNLIKELY TO EXCEED 0.5 METRE ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE LEVEL.









A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE  OCCURRED ATNEAR  AT ABOUT 

A.M.P.M. ON .



THE EARTHQUAKE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATEHAS GENERATED A TSUNAMI IN

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.  IF THE TSUNAMI PERSISTS, IT WOULD REACH HONG KONG

AROUND A.M.P.M. AND RECUR AT INTERVALS OF 5 TO 60 MINUTES.  IT IS

IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT THE PRECISE HEIGHT OF THE TSUNAMI. THE

OBSERVATORY WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION.





PRECAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT :



1. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION.





RE: OUR PREVIOUS MESSAGE AT  A.M.P.M. ON  ON THE TSUNAMI IN THE

PACIFICSOUTH CHINA SEA. NO TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT HONG KONG.

THIS IS THE FINAL TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR THIS EVENT.



RE: OUR PREVIOUS MESSAGE AT  A.M.P.M. ON  ON TSUNAMIS WHICH MAY

AFFECT HONG KONG.  THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ABNORMAL SEA LEVELS

IN HONG KONG AND NO SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI COULD BE DISCERNED FROM THE

TIDAL RECORDS.  THIS IS THE FINAL TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR THIS

EVENT.



RE: OUR PREVIOUS MESSAGE AT  A.M.P.M. ON  ON TSUNAMIS WHICH MAY

AFFECT HONG KONG.  SEA LEVEL EXCURSIONS OF  METRES ABOVE NORMAL TIDE

LEVEL WERE REPORTED AT  A.M.P.M. NEAR  AND WERE PROBABLY DUE TO

THE ARRIVAL OF THE TSUNAMI. THE TSUNAMI HAS SUBDUED AND THIS IS THE

FINAL TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR THIS EVENT.





DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:20 HKT ON 31.03.2005





 

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