WEPA43 PAAQ 272103
TIBWCA

TEST...TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1...TEST
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
103 PM AKDT TUE JUL 27 2010

...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES TO SHOW AN EXAMPLE
   WEPA43 MESSAGE...

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT IS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
   COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE STATES AND PROVINCES PREVIOUSLY LISTED.

EVALUATION
 BASED ON MAGNITUDE... LOCATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE
 EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO
 CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME
 OF THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES. IN
 COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN
 BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.8
 TIME      - 1300 AKDT JUL 27 2010
             1400  PDT JUL 27 2010
             2100  UTC JUL 27 2010
 LOCATION  - 54.3 NORTH 160.8 WEST
              70 MILES/113 KM S OF SAND POINT ALASKA
             625 MILES/1006 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/33 KM

PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ 
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI 
WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT
WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/PR/PTWC.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE 
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS TEST
MESSAGE.

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