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PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1001 PM AKDT SAT JUL 17 2010
...A STRONG EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED BUT A TSUNAMI IS NOT
EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA COASTS...
NO WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS.
BASED ON THE EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE... LOCATION AND HISTORIC
TSUNAMI RECORDS A DAMAGING TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG
THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA
COASTS. SOME OF THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA
LEVEL CHANGES. AT COASTAL LOCATIONS WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED
STRONG GROUND SHAKING LOCAL TSUNAMIS ARE POSSIBLE DUE
TO UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
AT 957 PM ALASKAN DAYLIGHT TIME ON JULY 17 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 6.7 OCCURRED 40 MILES/64 KM SOUTHWEST OF
NIKOLSKI ALASKA.
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
WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/PR/PTWC.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. SEE THE WEB SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV
FOR BASIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION - SAFETY RULES AND TSUNAMI TRAVEL
TIMES.
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