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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
601 AM EST FRI MAR 6 2009

...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 WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO 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.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.5
 TIME      - 0550  EST MAR 06 2009
             0450  CST MAR 06 2009
             1050  UTC MAR 06 2009
 LOCATION  - 80.3 NORTH  2.4 WEST
           - NORTH OF SVALBARD               
 DEPTH     - 6 MILES/10 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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