NOAA-NWS-WCATWC-2010-08-04T22:09:00Z wcatwc@noaa.gov 2010-08-04T22:09:00Z Actual Alert Public Current WCATWC Tsunami Messages http://oldwcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php Geo Tsunami Immediate Minor Unlikely 2010-08-04T22:09:00Z 2010-08-04T23:39:00Z Tsunami Information Statement WEPA43 PAAQ 042209 TIBWCA TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 309 PM PDT WED AUG 4 2010 ...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT IS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY... NO WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATES AND PROVINCES PREVIOUSLY LISTED. EVALUATION BASED ON MAGNITUDE... LOCATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS MAGNITUDE - 7.0 TIME - 1402 AKDT AUG 04 2010 1502 PDT AUG 04 2010 2202 UTC AUG 04 2010 LOCATION - 6.0 SOUTH 150.8 EAST - NEW BRITAIN REGION P.N.G. DEPTH - 50 MILES/81 KM PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/PR/PTWC. 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://oldwcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php