SEAK71 PAAQ 170116
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
516 PM AKDT MON MAR 16 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 - 4.1
 TIME      - 1714 AKDT MAR 16 2009
             1814  PDT MAR 16 2009
             0114  UTC MAR 17 2009
 LOCATION  - 60.3 NORTH 152.2 WEST
              50 MILES/80 KM NW OF HOMER ALASKA
             105 MILES/169 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 58 MILES/93 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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