SEUS71 PAAQ 100032 EQIWOC TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 432 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVALUATION AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS MAGNITUDE - 3.7 TIME - 1529 AKST DEC 09 2008 1629 PST DEC 09 2008 0029 UTC DEC 10 2008 LOCATION - 34.2 NORTH 117.3 WEST 55 MILES/89 KM SW OF BARSTOW CALIFORNIA 50 MILES/80 KM E OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA DEPTH - 2 MILES/4 KM THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK. $$