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BULLETIN
Public Tsunami Message Number 11
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
1231 PM PST Sat Jan 15 2022

UPDATES
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 * A tsunami has been confirmed and some impacts are expected
 * Revised alert areas
 * A Volcanic Eruption has occured in the Tonga Islands
 * Please disregard earthquake parameters
 * Advisory level waves are being observed along US Pacific coasts
 * Wave amplitudes appear to have peaked at most locations


...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT...



Tsunami Advisory in Effect for;

 * CALIFORNIA, The coast from The Cal./Mexico Border  to The
   Oregon/Cal. Border  including San Francisco Bay

 * OREGON, The coast from The Oregon/Cal. Border  to The
   Oregon/Wash. Border  including the Columbia River estuary
   coast

 * WASHINGTON, Outer coast from the Oregon/Washington border
   to Slip Point, Columbia River estuary coast, and the Juan
   de Fuca Strait coast

 * BRITISH COLUMBIA, The outer west coast of Vancouver Island
   and the Juan de Fuca strait coast 

 * SOUTH ALASKA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA, Pacific coasts from
   Chignik Bay, Alaska to Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of
   Unalaska)

 * ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of
   Unalaska) to Attu, Alaska including the Pribilof Islands


For other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America, 
there is no tsunami threat.


OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
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 * No tsunami observations are available to report.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * Magnitude      1.0
 * Origin Time    1927 AKST Jan 14 2022
                  2027  PST Jan 14 2022
                  0427  UTC Jan 15 2022
 * Coordinates    20.5 South 175.4 West
 * Depth          1 miles
 * Location       near the Tonga Islands


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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 * See message number 4 for recommended actions.


IMPACTS
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 * See message number 4 for possible impacts.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
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 * Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information.

 * Pacific coastal residents outside California, Oregon,
   Washington, British Columbia and Alaska should refer to the
   Pacific Tsunami Warning Center messages at tsunami.gov.

 * This message will be updated within 60 minutes.

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