SEUS71 PAAQ 060023
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
423 PM PST THU FEB 5 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 - 3.8
 TIME      - 1520 AKST FEB 05 2009
             1620  PST FEB 05 2009
             0020  UTC FEB 06 2009
 LOCATION  - 36.7 NORTH 121.4 WEST
              30 MILES/48 KM E OF MONTEREY CALIFORNIA
              95 MILES/153 KM SE OF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
 DEPTH     - 4 MILES/7 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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