SEAK71 PAAQ 230007
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
307 PM AKST SUN FEB 22 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      - 1504 AKST FEB 22 2009
             1604  PST FEB 22 2009
             0004  UTC FEB 23 2009
 LOCATION  - 59.0 NORTH 153.7 WEST
              70 MILES/113 KM SE OF ILIAMNA ALASKA
             205 MILES/330 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 61 MILES/98 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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