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WEPA40 RJTD 151821

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001

   ISSUED BY NWPTAC(JMA) 

   ISSUED AT 1820Z 15 JAN 2009

PART 01 OF 01 PARTS



HYPOCENTRAL PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME:1749Z 15 JAN 2009

PRELIMINARY EPICENTER:LAT46.6NORTH LON155.8EAST

 EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS, RUSSIA

 JAPAN - KURIL ISLANDS - KAMCHATKA PENINSULA

MAG:7.5



EVALUATION

 THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI

 NEAR THE EPICENTER



 ESTIMATION AT THE FORECAST POINTS - NO TSUNAMIS WITH AMPLITUDE

 OF 0.5 METER OR OVER ARE EXPECTED AT ANY OF THEM

                                                                     

           

HOWEVER AT SOME COASTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE NEAR THE EPICENTER, HIGHER

TSUNAMIS MAY ARRIVE THAN OUR ESTIMATION

AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY



THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES ABOUT THE

POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION BY RE-EVALUATION OF THE EARTHQUAKE

OR THERE ARE REPORTS ON TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS

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