WEXX32 PAAQ 291908
TIBATE

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
308 PM AST THU NOV 29 2007

...A STRONG EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED BUT A TSUNAMI IS NOT
   EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTS OF PUERTO RICO/ THE VIRGIN
   ISLANDS/ U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO STATES/ AND EASTERN
   CANADIAN PROVINCES...

NO - REPEAT NO - WARNING OR WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.

BASED ON THE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE WITHIN THE EARTH A WIDESPREAD
DAMAGING TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE PUERTO RICO/
VIRGIN ISLANDS/ U.S. ATLANTIC/ EASTERN CANADIAN AND GULF OF 
MEXICO COASTS. AT COASTAL LOCATIONS WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED STRONG
GROUND SHAKING LOCAL TSUNAMIS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO UNDERWATER
LANDSLIDES.

AT 300 PM ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME ON NOVEMBER 29 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.3 OCCURRED 
NEAR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS CARIBBEAN SEA.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL
ISSUE MESSAGES FOR AREAS IN THE CARIBBEAN OUTSIDE PUERTO RICO
AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

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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