Astoria Regional
Dispatch Center
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DATE: February 5, 2005 4:34:12 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.

WEPA43 PAAQ 051239

TIBWCA

TO - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS IN

ALASKA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON/OREGON/CALIFORNIA

FROM - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN

BULLETIN NUMBER 1

ISSUED 02/05/2005 AT 1239 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 - 6.9

LOCATION - 5.5N 123.4E - MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

TIME - 0323 AST 02/05/2005

0423 PST 02/05/2005

1223 UTC 02/05/2005

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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