Tsunami Warning Today ... but called off

There was a tsunami warning today because of the big 7.4 earthquake off Eureka.   Yikes!!

It has since been called off

-Allen



TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0259Z 15 JUN 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  0251Z 15 JUN 2005
 COORDINATES -  41.3 NORTH  125.7 WEST
 LOCATION    -  OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
 MAGNITUDE   -  7.4

EVALUATION

 NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE 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 BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.