Strong 6.9 Magnitude Quake Shakes Kodiak Island & Tsunami Warning Bulletin...01/10/01
by Mitch Battros (ECTV)
This just in... Large earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude just occurred. This was immediately followed by a Tsunami Warning for the West Coast...

PALMER, Alaska (AP)--A powerful earthquake shook Kodiak Island early Wednesday but no damage or injuries were
reported.

A preliminary estimate put the magnitude of the quake at 6.9, said Paul Whitmore, of the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center at
Palmer. It was centered 70 miles southwest of Kodiak city, or 330 miles southwest of Anchorage. ``The quake was felt strongly at Kodiak, but it wasn't powerful

WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED JAN 10 AT 1607 UTC

THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR ALASKA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO, REPEAT NO, WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE, PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 6.9, OCCURRED AT 0703 AST ON JAN 10, OR 0803 PST ON JAN 10, OR 1603 UTC ON JAN 10. THE EARTHQUAKE WAS LOCATED 70 MILES SW OF KODIAK CITY, AK.
OR 330 MILES SW OF ANCHORAGE, AK. AT 56.8N, 153.3W.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE A TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

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 FLUCTUATIONS. IN AREAS OF INTENSE
SHAKING, LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SLUMPING.

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.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Mitch Battros
Producer - Earth Changes TV
http://www.earthchangesTV.com

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