WEPA43 PAAQ 150424

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 10/15/2004 AT 0424 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 - 6.7

 LOCATION -  24.6N  122.7E - TAIWAN REGION                   

 TIME     - 2009 ADT 10/14/2004

            2109 PDT 10/14/2004

            0409 UTC 10/15/2004



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.