The following is a TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN No Tsunami Watch or Warning has been issued.

...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 - 9.0  LOCATION -   3.4N   95.7E - OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATERA  TIME     - 1559 AST 12/25/2004             1659 PST 12/25/2004             0059 UTC 12/26/2004 EVALUATION  SOME ENERGY FROM YESTERDAYS TSUNAMI IN THE INDIAN OCEAN HAS  LEAKED INTO THE PACIFIC BASIN... PROBABLY FROM SOUTH OF THE  AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT.  THIS ENERGY HAS PRODUCED MINOR SEA  LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS AT MANY  PLACES IN THE PACIFIC.  FOR  EXAMPLE...   50 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT CALLAO CHILE   19 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT IQUIQUE CHILE   13 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA   11 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT SUVA FIJI   50 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT WAITANGI CHATHAM IS. NEW ZEALAND   65 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT JACKSON BAY NEW ZEALAND   18 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT PORT VILA VANUATU   06 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT HILO HAWAII USA   22 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH AT SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA USA  HOWEVER... AT MANZANILLO MEXICO SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS WERE  AS MUCH AS 2.6 METERS CREST-TO-TROUGH... PROBABLY DUE TO  FOCUSING OF ENERGY BY THE EAST PACIFIC RISE AS WELL AS LOCAL  RESONANCES.  THIS IS TO ADVISE THAT SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES COULD CONTINUE  TO BE OBSERVED ACROSS THE PACIFIC FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO  UNTIL ALL ENERGY FROM THIS EVENT IS EVENTUALLY DISSIPATED. 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.

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