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Subject: Large Event Comming In
From: peaches@............ (Donna Whitaker)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 16:17:14 -1000 (HST)


This is from the Palmer Alaska Tsunami Warning center:
http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu/tsunami.html


TO ALL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS
INFO KWBC/NWS COM CENTER ONLY, NO RELAY REQUIRED
UNCLAS
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 1
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED FEB 25 AT 0210 UTC

....THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR ALASKA, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO, REPEAT NO, WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE, PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 6.8, OCCURRED AT
1644 AST ON FEB 24, OR 1744 PST ON FEB 24, OR 0144 UTC ON FEB 25.
THE EARTHQUAKE WAS LOCATED IN THE GENERAL AREA OF: 
VANUATU ISLANDS REGION           NEAR 19.5S, 174.0E.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE A TSUNAMI
INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

EVALUATION: BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS
NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA,
OREGON, WASHINGTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT.




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