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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1159 AM PDT TUE SEP 29 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
 SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED WHICH MAY HAVE
 BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.
 A DAMAGING TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/
 WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTS ALTHOUGH
 SOME OF THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES.

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES

 LOCATION                   LAT    LON     TIME        AMPL
 ------------------------  -----  ------  -------     -----------
 APIA  WEST SAMOA          13.8S  171.8W  1832UTC     0.70M/2.3FT
 PAGO PAGO  AMER. SAMOA    14.3S  170.7W  1825UTC     1.57M/5.1FT

TIME - TIME OF MEASUREMENT
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ARE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
       IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
       VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 8.3
 TIME      - 0948 AKDT SEP 29 2009
             1048  PDT SEP 29 2009
             1748  UTC SEP 29 2009
 LOCATION  - 15.3 SOUTH 171.0 WEST
           - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION            
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/33 KM

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE
MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL 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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