SEAK71 PAAQ 181459
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
659 AM AKDT WED MAR 18 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 - 5.1
 TIME      - 0651 AKDT MAR 18 2009
             0751  PDT MAR 18 2009
             1451  UTC MAR 18 2009
 LOCATION  - 52.9 NORTH 175.0 WEST
              60 MILES/97 KM NW OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
             100 MILES/161 KM NE OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 117 MILES/188 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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