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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
726 AM PDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATES
AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE.

EVALUATION
 BASED ON THE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE WITHIN THE EARTH A TSUNAMI
 IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
 BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTS. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE
 SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER
 LANDSLIDES.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.6
 TIME      - 0618 AKDT JUL 16 2007
             0718  PDT JUL 16 2007
             1418  UTC JUL 16 2007
 LOCATION  - 36.8 NORTH 135.2 EAST
           - SEA OF JAPAN                    
 DEPTH     - 230 MILES/370 KM

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE
MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE 
NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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