Tsunami Information and Warning
Tsunami Information and Warning
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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