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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER   2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1146 PM HST FRI JAN 04 2013
 
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
 
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.
 
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
 
   ORIGIN TIME - 1058 PM HST 04 JAN 2013
   COORDINATES - 55.3 NORTH  134.9 WEST
   LOCATION    - SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
   MAGNITUDE   - 7.6  MOMENT
 

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
 
 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 PORT ALEXANDER AK    56.2N 134.6W  0929Z   0.13M /  0.4FT  10MIN
 LAT  - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
 LON  - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
 TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
 AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
        IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
        VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
 PER  - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
 

 
EVALUATION
 
 THE WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED A
 REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND/OR WATCH AND/OR ADVISORY FOR OTHER
 PARTS OF THE PACIFIC LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. BASED ON
 ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT TO
 HAWAII.
 
 HOWEVER... SOME COASTAL AREAS IN HAWAII COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL
 NON-DESTRUCTIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL CURRENTS
 LASTING UP TO SEVERAL HOURS. THE ESTIMATED TIME SUCH EFFECTS
 MIGHT BEGIN IS
 
                     0428 AM HST SAT 05 JAN 2013
 
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.
 
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