WEAK53 PAAQ 020136 TIBAK1 PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 3 NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 636 PM PDT TUE APR 1 2014 UPDATES IN THIS MESSAGE INCLUDE NEW OBSERVATIONS. ...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA... EVALUATION ---------- * A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE. * THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS ANALYZING THE EVENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF DANGER. * MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. * THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS GENERATED A LARGE TSUNAMI IN THE SOURCE REGION. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 8.2 * ORIGIN TIME 1547 AKDT APR 01 2014 1647 PDT APR 01 2014 2347 UTC APR 01 2014 * COORDINATES 19.8 SOUTH 70.8 WEST * DEPTH 6 MILES * LOCATION NEAR COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY - UPDATED ------------------------------------------ TIME OBSERVED MAX SITE OF MEASUREMENT TSUNAMI HEIGHT ---------------------------- --------------- -------------- PISAGUA CHILE 0102 UTC 04-02 07.6FT IQUIQUE CHILE 2348 UTC 04-01 05.9FT DART32401ST CHILE 0011 UTC 04-02 00.8FT PATACHE CHILE 0006 UTC 04-02 05.6FT ARICA CHILE 0016 UTC 04-02 04.4FT MATARANI PERU 0020 UTC 04-02 01.8FT ANTOFAGASTA CHILE 0027 UTC 04-02 00.9FT MEJILLONES CHILE 0038 UTC 04-02 02.0FT HEIGHT - OBSERVED MAX TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL AT THE TIME OF MEASUREMENT. NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT. * REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. * PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV. $$