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. _____________________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
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