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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
448 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2008

...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 EARTHQUAKE LOCATION NEAR THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
 THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING
 TO THE PUERTO RICO/ VIRGIN ISLANDS/ U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF
 OF MEXICO/ AND EASTERN CANADIAN COASTS. EARTHQUAKES IN THIS REGION
 DO NOT NORMALLY GENERATE TSUNAMIS.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.9
 TIME      - 0438  EST FEB 08 2008
             0338  CST FEB 08 2008
             0938  UTC FEB 08 2008
 LOCATION  - 10.8 NORTH 41.7 WEST
           - NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE     
 DEPTH     - 7 MILES/11 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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