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PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER: AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS: ORIGIN TIME - 0557Z 18 JUL 2010 COORDINATES - 52.5 NORTH 169.5 WEST DEPTH - 59 KM LOCATION - FOX ISLANDS ALEUTIAN ISLANDS MAGNITUDE - 6.7EVALUATION: A WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

Sakhalin Tsunami Center: Earthquake was registered at 02:19 (local time) July 10, 2010 (information of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station). Parameters of earthquake are: magnitude 4,8, epicenter coordinates 51.8N, 142.2E. MSK-64 intensity value was 4 in Nogliki.

Earthquake was registered at 16:40 (local time) June 26, 2010 (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station information). Magnitude 6.6, epicenter coordinates 10.9S, 155.9E. Region: Solomon Islands. Evaluation: no destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data.

Sakhalin Tsunami Center: Earthquake was registered at 13:23 (local time) June 18, 2010 (information of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station). Parameters of earthquake are: magnitude 6.1, epicenter coordinates 44.1N, 149.1E. MSK-64 intensity value was 3 in Malokuril`skoye.

Sakhalin Tsunami Center: Earthquake was registered at 14:25 (local time) 16 June, 2010. Parameters of earthquake are: magnitude 6.9, epicenter coordinates 2.1S, 136.6E (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station information). Region New Guinea areas, Indonesia. The tsunami threat for Russian Far East coast was not.

Earthquake was registered at 14:35 (local time) June 13, 2010 (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station information). Magnitude 5.5, epicenter coordinates 37.4N 142.1E. Region: near the east coast of Honshu (Japan.

Earthquake was registered at 16:23 (local time) June 5, 2010 (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station information). Magnitude 4.7, epicenter coordinates 43.2N 147.1E. MSK-64 intensity value were 3 in Yuzhno-Kurilsk, 5 in Malokurilskoe.

Sakhalin Tsunami Center: Earthquake was registered at 04:25 (local time) 28 May, 2010. Parameters of earthquake are: magnitude 6.7, epicenter coordinates 14S, 167E (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station information). Region: Vanuatu Islands. Tsunami watch was issued for Solomon Islands, Vanuaty Islands, New Caledonia. The tsunami threat for Russian Far East coast was not.

Sakhalin Tsunami Center: Earthquake was registered at 17:00 (local time) 9 May, 2010. Parameters of earthquake are: magnitude 7.3, epicenter coordinates 3.6N, 96.0E (information of Japan Meteorological Agency). Region: Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Evaluation: there is a possibility of a destructive local tsunami in the Indian Ocean. The tsunami threat for Russian Far East coast was not.

Sakhalin Tsunami Center: Earthquake was registered at 10:17 (local time) May 1, 2010 (information of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station). Parameters of earthquake are: magnitude 6.4, epicenter coordinates 60.9N, 176.8W., depth 20km. Location – Bering Sea. No tsunami threat exists to coastlines in the Kuril Isls.