WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED 03/05/2002 AT 2142 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: 6.8
 LOCATION:  6.1N 124.0E - MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS    
 TIME: 1216 AST 03/05/2002
       1316 PST 03/05/2002
       2116 UTC 03/05/2002

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. IF AVAILABLE, REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
HTTP://WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.
[TSUPAQ / WEPA41 PAAQ 1015364546]

EDIS-03-05-02 1342 PST


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