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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
308 PM AST THU NOV 29 2007

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT IS FOR PUERTO RICO/
   THE VIRGIN ISLANDS/ THE U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF OF
   MEXICO STATES/ AND EASTERN CANADIAN PROVINCES...

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.

EVALUATION
 BASED ON THE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE WITHIN THE EARTH A WIDESPREAD
 DAMAGING TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE PUERTO RICO/
 VIRGIN ISLANDS/ U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO/
 AND EASTERN CANADIAN COASTS. AT COASTAL LOCATIONS WHICH HAVE
 EXPERIENCED STRONG GROUND SHAKING LOCAL TSUNAMIS ARE POSSIBLE DUE
 TO UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 7.3
 TIME      - 1400  EST NOV 29 2007
             1500  AST NOV 29 2007
             1900  UTC NOV 29 2007
 LOCATION  - 15.0 NORTH 61.3 WEST
           - WINDWARD ISLANDS                
 DEPTH     - 88 MILES/142 KM

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL
ISSUE MESSAGES FOR AREAS IN THE CARIBBEAN OUTSIDE PUERTO RICO
AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

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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