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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
749 AM PDT WED SEP 5 2012

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT IS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
   COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE STATES AND PROVINCES PREVIOUSLY LISTED.

EVALUATION
 EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE ARE KNOWN TO GENERATE TSUNAMIS
 POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO COASTS OUTSIDE THE SOURCE REGION.
 THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS INVESTIGATING
 THE EVENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF DANGER. MORE INFORMATION
 WILL BE ISSUED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 7.9
 TIME      - 0642 AKDT SEP 05 2012
             0742  PDT SEP 05 2012
             1442  UTC SEP 05 2012
 LOCATION  - 9.9 NORTH 85.5 WEST
           - OFF COAST OF COSTA RICA
 DEPTH     - 12 MILES/20 KM

PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF
THE PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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