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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
111 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2009

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT IS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
   COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE.

EVALUATION
 BASED ON LOCATION OF THE EVENT BEING OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC BASIN
 THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING
 TO CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA.
 RESIDENTS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC
 TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGE.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 7.7
 TIME      - 1156 AKDT AUG 10 2009
             1256  PDT AUG 10 2009
             1956  UTC AUG 10 2009
 LOCATION  - 14.1 NORTH 93.0 EAST
           - ANDAMAN ISLANDS INDIA          
 DEPTH     - 18 MILES/29 KM

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE
MESSAGES FOR INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES 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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