NOAA-NWS-WCATWC-2008-01-05T11:51:00Z wcatwc@noaa.gov 2008-01-05T11:51:00Z Actual Alert Public Current WCATWC Tsunami Messages http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php Geo Tsunami Immediate Minor Unlikely 2008-01-05T11:51:00Z 2008-01-05T13:21:00Z Tsunami Information Statement WEPA43 PAAQ 051151 TIBWCA TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 351 AM PST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT IS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY... NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE. EVALUATION BASED ON MAGNITUDE AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME OF THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS MAGNITUDE - 6.5 TIME - 0245 AKST JAN 05 2008 0345 PST JAN 05 2008 1145 UTC JAN 05 2008 LOCATION - 51.2 NORTH 130.5 WEST 150 MILES/241 KM SE OF SANDSPIT BRITISH COLUMBIA 445 MILES/716 KM NW OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON DEPTH - 6 MILES/10 KM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. $$ http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php