SEAK71 PAAQ 160643
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1043 PM AKDT SUN MAR 15 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 - 3.6
 TIME      - 2240 AKDT MAR 15 2009
             2340  PDT MAR 15 2009
             0640  UTC MAR 16 2009
 LOCATION  - 60.4 NORTH 152.4 WEST
              65 MILES/105 KM NW OF HOMER ALASKA
             100 MILES/161 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 54 MILES/87 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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