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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
900 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE SUCH
 THAT A TSUNAMI WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY
 WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 4.7
 TIME      - 0854 AKST JAN 17 2009
             0954  PST JAN 17 2009
             1754  UTC JAN 17 2009
 LOCATION  - 50.5 NORTH 178.8 EAST
              70 MILES/113 KM S OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             220 MILES/354 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 30 MILES/48 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.

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