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000 WEHW40 PHEB 110557 TSUHWX HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-110757- /O.NEW.PHEB.TS.A.0001.110311T0557Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 756 PM HST THU MAR 10 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT 0756 PM HST. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS    ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011    COORDINATES - 38.0 NORTH  142.9 EAST    LOCATION    - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU  JAPAN    MAGNITUDE   - 7.9  MOMENT EVALUATION  BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY  THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN  FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE  IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.  IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF  THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS                      0259 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT

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