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BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 9
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
128 AM PDT WED SEP 30 2009

...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER
   TO THE OREGON-WASHINGTON BORDER...

EVALUATION
 NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/
 WASHINGTON/ OREGON OR CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER SOME AREAS MAY
 EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS
 CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL
 CLEAR DETERMINATIONS MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES

 LOCATION                   LAT    LON     TIME        AMPL
 ------------------------  -----  ------  -------     -----------
 EASTER ISLAND  CHILE      27.1S  109.3W  0342UTC     0.25M/0.8FT
 CHARLESTON  OR            43.3N  124.3W  0528UTC     0.13M/0.4FT
 PORT ORFORD  OR           42.7N  124.5W  0509UTC     0.17M/0.6FT
 SOUTH BEACH  OR           44.6N  124.0W  0545UTC     0.09M/0.3FT
 SHEMYA  AK                52.7N  174.1E  0456UTC     0.10M/0.3FT
 CRESCENT CITY  CA         41.7N  124.2W  0613UTC     0.21M/0.7FT
 ARENA COVE  CA            38.9N  123.7W  0459UTC     0.33M/1.1FT
 PORT SAN LUIS  CA         35.2N  120.8W  0531UTC     0.30M/1.0FT
 SAN FRANSICO  CA          37.8N  122.5W  0529UTC     0.08M/0.3FT
 MONTEREY HARBOR  CA       36.6N  121.9W  0525UTC     0.15M/0.5FT

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 - 8.0
 TIME      - 0948 AKDT SEP 29 2009
             1048  PDT SEP 29 2009
             1748  UTC SEP 29 2009
 LOCATION  - 15.6 SOUTH 172.0 WEST
           - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION            
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/33 KM

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING
CENTER MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED AT NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

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COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN AND INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO
BORDER TO THE OREGON-WASHINGTON BORDER
128 AM PDT WED SEP 30 2009

...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER
   TO THE OREGON-WASHINGTON BORDER...

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