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Date Issued: September 8, 2017
Time Issued: 01:09 PM
ADVISORY
Sea-level Change Monitoring
A great earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 occurred Off the Coast of
Chiapas Mexico on 08 September 2017 at 12:49 PM (Philippine Standard Time)
located at 14.9 oN, 94.4 oW with depth of 33 km.
An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that
can strike coastlines in the region near the epicenter within minutes to hours.
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