SEUS71 PAAQ 230137
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
637 PM PDT SUN MAR 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 - 4.0
 TIME      - 1734 AKDT MAR 22 2009
             1834  PDT MAR 22 2009
             0134  UTC MAR 23 2009
 LOCATION  - 40.4 NORTH 125.4 WEST
              70 MILES/113 KM SW OF EUREKA CALIFORNIA
             245 MILES/394 KM NW OF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
 DEPTH     - 8 MILES/13 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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