RE: [californiadisasters] WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Magnitude 7.6 - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

2011 July 06 19:03:16 UTC

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0004pbm.php

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To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com; californiasearthquakeforum@yahoogroups.com; geology2@yahoogroups.com
From: linkerns@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:31:07 -0500
Subject: [californiadisasters] WCATWC Information Statement - TW

 

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/07/06/lnxe9i/01/messagelnxe9i-01.htm

WEAK53 PAAQ 061913
TIBAK1

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1213 PM PDT WED JUL 6 2011

...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. AT COASTAL LOCATIONS WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED
STRONG GROUND SHAKING LOCAL TSUNAMIS ARE POSSIBLE DUE
TO UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.

AT 1203 PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME ON JULY 6 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.8 OCCURRED
IN THE KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION NORTH OF NEW ZEALAND.

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.

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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