WEPA43 PAAQ 092140
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 10/09/2004 AT 2140 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 - 7.3
 LOCATION -  11.5N   86.7W - NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA         
 TIME     - 1327 ADT 10/09/2004
            1427 PDT 10/09/2004
            2127 UTC 10/09/2004

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.