Astoria Regional
Dispatch Center
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DATE: January 28, 2004 3:58:40 PM PST
TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN
No Tsunami Watch or Warning

The following is a TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN

No Tsunami Watch or Warning has been issued.

TO ALL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED 01/28/2004 AT 2236 UTC

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN IS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH
   COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

EARTHQUAKE DATA
 PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 6.6
 LOCATION -   3.8S  126.6E - BURU, INDONESIA                
 TIME     - 1316 AST 01/28/2004
            1416 PST 01/28/2004
            2216 UTC 01/28/2004

EVALUATION
 BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE 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. IN AREAS OF INTENSE
 SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SLUMPING.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE TSUNAMI BULLETINS
FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE HTTP://WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV
FOR MORE INFORMATION.


 

For more information contact:
Jeff Rusiecki
Astoria Police Department 9-1-1
voice: (503) 338-6411
fax: (503) 325-4897
555 30th St
Astoria, OR 97103
jrusiecki@astoria.or.us

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