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BULLETIN
Public Tsunami Message Number 15
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
431 PM PST Sat Jan 15 2022

UPDATES
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 * A tsunami has been confirmed and some impacts are expected
 * Revised alert areas
 * A Volcanic Eruption has occured in the Tonga Islands
 * Please disregard earthquake parameters
 * Wave amplitudes continue to decrease along US Pacific coasts
 * Advisory level waves persist in California


...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT...



Tsunami Advisory in Effect for;

 * CALIFORNIA, The coast from Orange/San Diego Line,
   California (45 miles SE of L.A.) to The Oregon/Cal. Border
    including San Francisco Bay


Alerts in the following areas have been canceled because
additional information and analysis have better defined the
threat.

 * The Tsunami Advisory is canceled for the coastal areas of
   Oregon and Washington from The Oregon/Cal. Border  to The
   Wash./BC Border

 * The Tsunami Advisory is canceled for the coastal areas of
   South Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands
   from Chignik Bay, Alaska to Attu, Alaska


For other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America,
there is no tsunami threat.


OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
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 * No tsunami observations are available to report.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * Magnitude      1.0
 * Origin Time    1927 AKST Jan 14 2022
                  2027  PST Jan 14 2022
                  0427  UTC Jan 15 2022
 * Coordinates    20.5 South 175.4 West