IDY68009



Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology



MEDIA:

NO USE OF STANDARD EMERGENCY WARNING SIGNAL (SEWS)

PLEASE BROADCAST THIS INFORMATION IF REFERRING TO THE EARTHQUAKE IN NEWS REPORTS.

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NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO AUSTRALIA

Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) at 1:35 AM AEDT on

Thursday 28 February 2019



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SUMMARY:

The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre has detected an earthquake that has

been reported as being felt near Port Hedland, Western Australia.



There is NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND, ISLANDS OR TERRITORIES.



For further information check the Bureau's website www.bom.gov.au/tsunami or call

1300 TSUNAMI (1300 878 6264).



No further updates will be issued unless the situation changes.

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DETAILS:

The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre has detected an earthquake that has

been reported as being felt near Port Hedland, Western Australia. The earthquake

of magnitude 2.4 occurred at 12:47 AM AEDT on Thursday 28 February 2019 near

Port Hedland, WA. Based on the magnitude and location of this earthquake, the

JATWC has assessed that there is NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND,

ISLANDS OR TERRITORIES from this earthquake.



If you want to contribute to Australia's earthquake data base, please login to

the Geoscience Australia website at:



http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/staticPageController.do?page=felt-earthquake



No further updates will be issued unless the situation changes.



For latest and further information on tsunami warnings, please call 1300 TSUNAMI

(1300 878 626) or visit www.bom.gov.au/tsunami



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The JATWC is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience

Australia

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