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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK

537 PM PDT MON OCT 15 2018



...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA, BRITISH

   COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...



EVALUATION

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 ? THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER FOR THE U.S. WEST COAST, BRITISH

   COLUMBIA, OR ALASKA.



 ? BASED ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS,

   THE EARTHQUAKE IS NOT EXPECTED TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI.



 ? AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH PARAMETERS LISTED BELOW.





PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

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 ? THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A RAPID PRELIMINARY

   ASSESSMENT AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.



 ? MAGNITUDE      6.5

 ? ORIGIN TIME    1628 AKDT OCT 15 2018

                  1728  PDT OCT 15 2018

                  0028  UTC OCT 16 2018

 ? COORDINATES    21.8 SOUTH 169.7 EAST

 ? DEPTH          21 MILES

 ? LOCATION       IN THE LOYALTY ISLANDS REGION





ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE

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 ? REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE TSUNAMI.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.



 ? PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON,

   BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI

   WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT TSUNAMI.GOV.



 ? THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER

   MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

   BECOMES AVAILABLE.



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