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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1112 AM EST SAT FEB 23 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 - WARNING... WATCH OR ADVISORY 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.

 HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE
 TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED IN THE
 REGION OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION
 SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.9
 TIME      - 1057  EST FEB 23 2008
             0957  CST FEB 23 2008
             1557  UTC FEB 23 2008
 LOCATION  - 56.9 SOUTH 23.6 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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