Scenario:  Cancellation of a Tsunami Watch that had previously
been issued to the entire State of Hawaii following a large 
earthquake off the coast of Chile.


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TSUHWX

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BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   8
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
950 AM HST SUN FEB 01 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH CANCELLATION

THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 0950 AM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 1230 AM HST 01 FEB 2009
   COORDINATES - 37.1 SOUTH   74.2 WEST
   LOCATION    - OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.4  MOMENT
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.3  RICHTER (MS)

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 SAN ANTONIO CL       33.6S  71.6W  1130Z   2.37M /  7.7FT  16MIN
 VALPARAISO CL        33.0S  71.6W  1141Z   1.29M /  4.2FT  14MIN
 JUAN FERNANDEZ       33.6S  78.8W  1150Z   0.88M /  2.9FT  18MIN
 COQUIMBO CL          29.9S  71.4W  1210Z   0.51M /  1.7FT  15MIN
 CALDERA CL           27.1S  70.8W  1215Z   0.20M /  0.6FT  14MIN
 SAN FELIX CL         26.3S  80.1W  1226Z   0.14M /  0.4FT  18MIN
 ANTOFAGASTA CL       23.6S  70.4W  1244Z   0.09M /  0.3FT  17MIN
 IQUIQUE CL           20.2S  70.2W  1258Z   0.09M /  0.3FT  19MIN
 SANTACRUZ GALAPAGOS   0.8S  90.3W  1658Z   0.21M /  0.7FT  22MIN
 BALTRA GALAPAGOS      0.4S  90.3W  1705Z   0.34M /  1.1FT  16MIN

 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

 BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI
 THREAT TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI WATCH FOR
 HAWAII IS CANCELLED.

 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

                     0250 PM HST SUN 01 FEB 2009

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.


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