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PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
522 PM PST TUE FEB 5 2013

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
   COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
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 * 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.

 * THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESCTRUCTIVE
   TSUNAMI IN THE SOURCE REGION.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * MAGNITUDE      8.0
 * ORIGIN TIME    1612 AKST FEB 05 2013
                  1712  PST FEB 05 2013
                  0112  UTC FEB 06 2013
 * COORDINATES    10.9 SOUTH 165.1 EAST
 * DEPTH          21 MILES
 * LOCATION       SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS              


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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 * 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
   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

 * PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON... 
   WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE 
   PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

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