[Brian Mosely]

[RDTF]

oh boy

[Brian Mosely]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0121Z 02 SEP 2007

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0105Z 02 SEP 2007
COORDINATES - 11.8 SOUTH 166.0 EAST
DEPTH - SHALLOWER THAN 100 KM
LOCATION - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.4

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

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

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

[bd476]

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[bd476]

It looks like USGS has already downgraded the magnitude to 6.9. That's still a very large quake.

Magnitude 6.9 - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

2007 September 02 01:05:32 UTC

USGS Magnitude 6.9 - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2007 September 02 01:05:32 UTC

[bd476]

USGS also changed the depth posted here:

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Earthquake List for Map of Australia Region

Update time = Sun Sep 2 01:27:57 UTC 2007

Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the Map of Australia Region. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	6.9	2007/09/02 01:05:32	-11.623	165.566	155.5	SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

[ThomasThomas]

Santa Cruz Islands

Not Santa Cruz Island. That why I didn’t feel it.