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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1217 PM PST TUE DEC 21 2010

A SMALL TSUANMI HAS BEEN RECORDED AT THE FOLLOWING STATIONS
SAIPAN 15.2N 145.7E 1934Z AMPLITUDE = 0.03 METERS/0.1FEET

...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
 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.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 7.4
 TIME      - 0820 AKST DEC 21 2010
             0920  PST DEC 21 2010
             1720  UTC DEC 21 2010
 LOCATION  - 26.9 NORTH 143.7 EAST
           - BONIN ISLANDS REGION            
 DEPTH     - 9 MILES/15 KM

PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ 
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI 
WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PTWC.

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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