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TIBWCA

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
522 PM PST WED FEB 17 2010

...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 THE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE WITHIN THE EARTH A TSUNAMI
 IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
 BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTS.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.8
 TIME      - 1613 AKST FEB 17 2010
             1713  PST FEB 17 2010
             0113  UTC FEB 18 2010
 LOCATION  - 42.7 NORTH 130.9 EAST
           - E. RUSSIA-N.E. CHINA BORDER REG.
 DEPTH     - 335 MILES/539 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 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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