Public Tsunami Information Statement Number 1
NWS West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
400 AM PST FRI MAR 5 2010
....A strong earthquake has occured but a tsunami is not expected along the California/Oregon/Washington/British Columbia or Alaska Coasts...

Based on the earthquake magnitude and historic tsunami records, a damaging tsunami is not expected along the California/Oregon/Washington/ British Columbia and Alaska Coasts. At Coastal locations which have experienced strong ground shaking local tsunamis are possible due to underwater landslides.

At 352 AM Pacific Standard Time on March 5, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 6.6 occurred near the Coast of Central Chile.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach Hawaii will issue messages for Hawaii and other areas of the Pacific outside California/Oregon/Washington/British Columbia and Alaska.

This will be the only statement issued for this event by the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center unless additional information becomes available. See the website wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov for basic tsunami information-safety rules and tsunami travel times.