Hawaii Under ‘Tsunami Threat’ Following Massive 7.6 Mexico Earthquake Monday

MEXICO. (THECOUNT) — A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Mexico near Colima-Michoacan border region Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake hit around 11:05 a.m. at a depth of about nine miles, according to the USGS, which initially put the magnitude at 7.5. The epicenter of the quake was 23 miles southeast of Aquila near the boundary of Colima and Michoacán states.

The shaking set off an earthquake alarm in the capital. Alarms for the new quake came less than an hour after a quake alarms warbled in a nationwide earthquake simulation marking major quakes that struck on the same date in 1985 and 2017, reports abc7.

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
810 AM HST MON SEP 19 2022

TO – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT – TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT
THIS TIME.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME – 0805 AM HST 19 SEP 2022
COORDINATES – 18.2 NORTH 103.4 WEST
LOCATION – NEAR THE COAST OF MICHOACAN MEXICO
MAGNITUDE – 7.5 MOMENT

EVALUATION

A TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC LOCATED CLOSER
TO THE EARTHQUAKE. BUT IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER
THERE IS A POSSIBLE TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII… THE EARLIEST ESTIMATED
TIME THE HAZARD MIGHT BEGIN IS

0319 PM HST MON 19 SEP 2022

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS THE
SITUATION DEVELOPS.