Tsunami Watch/Warning Issued by NWS
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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
* Depth 1 miles
* Location near the Tonga Islands
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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* See message number 4 for recommended actions.
IMPACTS
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* See message number 4 for possible impacts.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
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* Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information.
* Pacific coastal residents outside California, Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia and Alaska should refer to the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center messages at tsunami.gov.
* This message will be updated within 60 minutes.
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