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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
219 PM PDT TUE OCT 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.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.6
 TIME      - 1306 AKDT OCT 16 2007
             1406  PDT OCT 16 2007
             2106  UTC OCT 16 2007
 LOCATION  - 25.5 SOUTH 179.6 EAST
           - SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS           
 DEPTH     - 270 MILES/434 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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