SEUS71 PAAQ 301328
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
528 AM PST FRI JAN 30 2009

...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 - 4.6
 TIME      - 0425 AKST JAN 30 2009
             0525  PST JAN 30 2009
             1325  UTC JAN 30 2009
 LOCATION  - 47.8 NORTH 122.5 WEST
             240 MILES/386 KM W OF SPOKANE WASHINGTON
              15 MILES/24 KM NW OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON
 DEPTH     - 22 MILES/35 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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