WEPA43 PAAQ 090748
TIBWCA

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1148 PM PST SAT DEC 8 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 - 7.9
 TIME      - 2228 AKST DEC 08 2007
             2328  PST DEC 08 2007
             0728  UTC DEC 09 2007
 LOCATION  - 25.9 SOUTH 177.5 WEST
           - SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS           
 DEPTH     - 81 MILES/130 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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