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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
739 AM EST SUN FEB 10 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 EARTHQUAKE DATA AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE
 EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO
 PUERTO RICO/ THE VIRGIN ISLANDS/ THE U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF
 OF MEXICO COASTS/ AND EASTERN CANADA.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.5
 TIME      - 0722  EST FEB 10 2008
             0622  CST FEB 10 2008
             1222  UTC FEB 10 2008
 LOCATION  - 60.8 SOUTH 25.7 WEST
           - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION   
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/33 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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