Public Tsunami Information Statement Number 1
NWS West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
327 PM PDT TUE APR 6 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 location of the event being outside the Pacific Basin, the earthquake was not sufficient to generate a tsunami damaging to California/Oregon/Washington/British Columbia or Alaska. Residents in the Indian Ocean Region should refer to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Message.

At 315 PM Pacific Daylight Time on April 6, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.5 occurred near Northern Sumatera India.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach Hawaii will issue messages for Indian Ocean countries 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.