WEXX22 PAAQ 020635
TIBAT1

TO - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS ALONG THE U.S.
ATLANTIC... EASTERN CANADIAN AND GULF OF MEXICO COASTS
FROM - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ISSUED 01/02/2006 AT 0635 UTC

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN IS FOR THE U.S. ATLANTIC
AND GULF OF MEXICO COASTS AND EASTERN CANADA...

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR U.S. ATLANTIC
AND GULF OF MEXICO STATES AND THE EASTERN CANADIAN PROVINCES.

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.3
LOCATION - 60.9S 21.4W
- SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
TIME - 0111 EST 01/02/2006
0011 CST 01/02/2006
0611 UTC 01/02/2006

EVALUATION
BASED ON EARTHQUAKE AND HISTORICAL TSUNAMI INFORMATION THE
EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO
THE U.S. ATLANTIC... EASTERN CANADIAN OR GULF OF MEXICO COASTS.


HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED IN THE
REGION OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION
SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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