TSUNAMI ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S.
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:34 am
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wf ... %20WARNING
EVALUATION
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IF IN A WARNED AREA.
EXPECTED WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SUCH THAT DANGER IS LIMITED TO
THOSE IN OR NEAR THE WATERFRONT. AN EXTREME INUNDATION IS NOT
EXPECTED IN THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE. ASSOCIATED
CURRENTS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES.
TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 8.2
TIME - 1924 AKST JAN 12 2007
2024 PST JAN 12 2007
0424 UTC JAN 13 2007
LOCATION - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
- EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
DEPTH - 14 MILES/23 KM
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EVALUATION
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IF IN A WARNED AREA.
EXPECTED WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SUCH THAT DANGER IS LIMITED TO
THOSE IN OR NEAR THE WATERFRONT. AN EXTREME INUNDATION IS NOT
EXPECTED IN THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE. ASSOCIATED
CURRENTS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES.
TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 8.2
TIME - 1924 AKST JAN 12 2007
2024 PST JAN 12 2007
0424 UTC JAN 13 2007
LOCATION - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
- EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
DEPTH - 14 MILES/23 KM
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