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TIBWCA

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
958 PM PST THU MAR 10 2011

...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
 EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE ARE KNOWN TO GENERATE TSUNAMIS 
 POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO COASTS OUTSIDE THE SOURCE REGION.
 THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS INVESTIGATING
 THE EVENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF DANGER. MORE INFORMATION
 WILL BE ISSUED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 7.9
 TIME      - 2046 AKST MAR 10 2011
             2146  PST MAR 10 2011
             0546  UTC MAR 11 2011
 LOCATION  - 38.0 NORTH 142.9 EAST
           - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
 DEPTH     - 6 MILES/10 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.

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF
THE PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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