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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
726 PM AKDT WED AUG 1 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 MAGNITUDE AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE EARTHQUAKE
 WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA/
 OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME OF THESE
 AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES. IN COASTAL
 AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE
 TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.9
 TIME      - 1922 AKDT AUG 01 2007
             2022  PDT AUG 01 2007
             0322  UTC AUG 02 2007
 LOCATION  - 51.2 NORTH 179.9 WEST
              50 MILES/80 KM SE OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             150 MILES/241 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 24 MILES/39 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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