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PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1157 AM PDT WED AUG 12 2015

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
   COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
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 * THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

 * BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS
   THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI.

 * AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH PARAMETERS LISTED BELOW.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * MAGNITUDE      6.8
 * ORIGIN TIME    1049 AKDT AUG 12 2015
                  1149  PDT AUG 12 2015
                  1849  UTC AUG 12 2015
 * COORDINATES    9.3 SOUTH 157.9 EAST
 * DEPTH          24 MILES
 * LOCATION       SOLOMON ISLANDS                 


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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 * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
   MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES
   AVAILABLE.

 * 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.

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