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TIBWCA
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1238 PM PDT SAT APR 18 2009
...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 LISTED ABOVE.
EVALUATION
 BASED ON MAGNITUDE AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE EARTHQUAKE
 WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA/
 OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. IN COASTAL AREAS
 OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY
 UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.8
 TIME      - 1118 AKDT APR 18 2009
             1218  PDT APR 18 2009
             1918  UTC APR 18 2009
 LOCATION  - 45.8 NORTH 151.5 EAST
           - KURIL ISLANDS                   
 DEPTH     - 6 MILES/10 KM
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE
MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE 
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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