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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1122 PM PDT SAT MAY 8 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 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 - 7.3
 TIME      - 2200 AKDT MAY 08 2010
             2300  PDT MAY 08 2010
             0600  UTC MAY 09 2010
 LOCATION  - 3.6 NORTH 96.0 EAST
           - NORTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA    
 DEPTH     - 31 MILES/50 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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