From Sportfishing
Fish Report for 3-13-2010
WCATWC Information Statement - TW
3-13-2010
Public Tsunami Information Statement Number 1
NWS West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
508 AM PST SAT MAR 13 2010
....A strong earthquake has occured but a tsunami is not expected
along the California/Oregon/Washington/British Columbia or Alaska Coasts...
No warning...no watch and no advisory is in effect for these areas.
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 458 PM Pacific Standard Time on March 13, an earthquake with
preliminary magnitude 6.5 occurred in Halmahera Indonesia
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.
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