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PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1101 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2014

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR THE U.S. AND CANADA
   EAST COASTS/ GULF OF MEXICO STATES/PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN
   ISLANDS...

EVALUATION
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 * THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

 * EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE ARE KNOWN TO GENERATE TSUNAMIS
   DANGEROUS TO SHORELINES NEAR THE SOURCE.

 * AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH PARAMETERS LISTED BELOW.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * MAGNITUDE      6.8
 * ORIGIN TIME    2244  EDT MAR 10 2014
                  2144  CDT MAR 10 2014
                  2244  AST MAR 10 2014
                  0244  UTC MAR 11 2014
 * COORDINATES    60.9 SOUTH 19.8 WEST
 * DEPTH          7 MILES
 * LOCATION       SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN     


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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 * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
   MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
   BECOMES AVAILABLE.

 * REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR
   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

 * CARIBBEAN COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN
   ISLANDS SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
   MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

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