Extremely large event comming in here in Hawaii. Some of the largest 
surface waves I've seen on this system. Looks larger than 7.4 from here.

TO ALL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS
SUBJECT: TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED 09/08/2002 AT 1907 UTC

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

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

EARTHQUAKE DATA:
 PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE: 7.4
 LOCATION:  3.3S 143.1E - NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG.
 TIME: 1045 ADT 09/08/2002
       1145 PDT 09/08/2002
       1845 UTC 09/08/2002

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 CHANGES. IN AREAS OF INTENSE
 SHAKING, LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SLUMPING.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE TSUNAMI BULLETINS
FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.



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