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PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
958 PM PST THU MAR 10 2011
...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
THESE AREAS.
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.
AT 946 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME ON MARCH 10 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.9 OCCURRED
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN.
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.WEATHER.GOV/PTWC.
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY BY THE WCATWC UNTIL THE EVENT
STATUS IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING OR ADVISORY OR UNTIL THE CENTER
HAS DETERMINED THAT THE EVENT POSES NO THREAT TO THE CALIFORNIA/
OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTS. SEE THE
WEB SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR BASIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION -
SAFETY RULES AND TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIMES.
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