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PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
749 AM PDT WED SEP 5 2012

...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
THESE AREAS.

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.

AT 742 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME ON SEPTEMBER 5 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.9 OCCURRED 
OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA.

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
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY BY THE WCATWC UNTIL THE EVENT
STATUS IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING OR ADVISORY OR UNTIL THE CENTER
HAS DETERMINED THAT THE EVENT POSES NO THREAT TO THE CALIFORNIA/
OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTS. SEE THE
WEB SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR BASIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION -
SAFETY RULES AND TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIMES.

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