WEAK53 PAAQ 202259
TIBAK1

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
359 PM PDT SUN MAR 20 2016

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

EVALUATION
----------
 * 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
---------------------------------
 * THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A RAPID PRELIMINARY
   ASSESSMENT AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.

 * MAGNITUDE      6.6
 * ORIGIN TIME    1450 AKDT MAR 20 2016
                  1550  PDT MAR 20 2016
                  2250  UTC MAR 20 2016
 * COORDINATES    54.0 NORTH 163.0 EAST
 * DEPTH          40 MILES
 * LOCATION       140 MILES SW OF BERING I. KOMANDORSKI
                  190 MILES NE OF PETROPAVLOVSK KAMCHATKA


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
--------------------------------------
 * 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.

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

$$