WEPA43 PAAQ 081956
TIBWCA

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1156 AM PST SUN NOV 8 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 PREVIOUSLY LISTED.

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 - 6.9
 TIME      - 1042 AKST NOV 08 2009
             1142  PST NOV 08 2009
             1942  UTC NOV 08 2009
 LOCATION  - 8.4 SOUTH 118.8 EAST
           - SUMBAWA REGION INDONESIA       
 DEPTH     - 9 MILES/14 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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