WEPA43 PAAQ 020209
TIBWCA

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
709 PM PDT SAT SEP 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

 FURTHER SEISMIC ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THIS EARTHQUAKE MAY BE THE
 KIND OF EARTHQUAKE THAT RUPTURES MORE SLOWLY AND HAS AN INCREASED
 POTENTIAL TO GENERATE TSUNAMI WAVES THAT COULD BE DAMAGING NEAR THE
 EPICENTER. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR NEARBY SEA LEVEL
 GAUGES AND WILL REPORT ANY TSUNAMI WAVES THAT ARE OBSERVED.

 A DAMAGING TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/
 WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTS ALTHOUGH
 SOME OF THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 7.3
 TIME      - 1705 AKDT SEP 01 2007
             1805  PDT SEP 01 2007
             0105  UTC SEP 02 2007
 LOCATION  - 11.8 SOUTH 166.0 EAST
           - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS              
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/33 KM

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII HAS ISSUED
A LOCAL TSUNAMI WARNING FOR THE EPICENTRAL AREA ONLY.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL 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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