...THIS TSUNAMI ADVISORY BULLETIN IS FOR ALASKA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...
NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT. EARTHQUAKE DATA: PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE: 7.7 LOCATION: 3.3S 143.1E - NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG. TIME: 1044 ADT 09/08/2002 1144 PDT 09/08/2002 1844 UTC 09/08/2002
EVALUATION: BASED ON THE LOCATION, MAGNITUDE AND HISTORICAL RECORDS, THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES.
A FEW SELECTED ETA'S FOLLOW FOR INFORMATION AND REFERENCE: LA JOLLA, CA 0215 PDT SEP 9 TOFINO, BC 0135 PDT SEP 9 SAN FRANCISCO,CA 0149 PDT SEP 9 SITKA, AK 2331 ADT SEP 8 CRESCENT CITY,CA 0123 PDT SEP 9 KODIAK, AK 2250 ADT SEP 8 NEAH BAY, WA 0141 PDT SEP 9 SHEMYA, AK 1947 ADT SEP 8 THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER AT EWA BEACH, HAWAII WILL ISSUE BULLETINS FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC. BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT UNTIL THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER ISSUES A CANCELLATION OR FINAL BULLETIN. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE HTTP://WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. [TSUWCA / WEPA41 PAAQ 1031516869] EDIS-09-08-02 1327 PDT