EARTHQUAKE DATA PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 6.9 LOCATION - 10.9N 141.1E - WESTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS TIME - 1118 AST 01/16/2005 1218 PST 01/16/2005 2018 UTC 01/16/2005 This information came about 10 minutes ago. It was issued by the Pacific Tsunami center. There appears to have been about a 50 minute lag in the INFORMATION. Since there was no WARNING issued for this quake, I don't see the lag as significant. This is the first significant event in the past couple of weeks. As you may recall a 7.0 quake is considered about the lower level to produce a Tsunami. It also requires some kind of uplift to make the wave. That does not appear to have happened in this case. Capt. Mike Maurice Tualatin(Portland), Oregon