Fabricated Earthquake and Tsunami Threat Message

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WEHW42 PHEB 220339
TIBHWX
HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-220539-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
539 PM HST TUE MAY 21 2019

TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - FABRICATED EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE

THIS IS TO ADVISE THAT A FABRICATED MESSAGE WAS CIRCULATED
ABOUT A LARGE MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN AT 0215 UTC
AND A SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI THREAT.

THERE WAS NO LARGE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN AT 0215 AND THERE
WAS NO TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE ISSUED BY THIS CENTER.

REPEAT.

THERE WAS NO LARGE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN AT 0215 AND THERE
WAS NO TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE ISSUED BY THIS CENTER.


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from PTWC - Hawaii Bulletins http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=2&id=hawaii.TIBHWX.2019.05.22.0339