SEAK71 PAAQ 270302
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
702 PM AKDT THU MAR 26 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      - 1859 AKDT MAR 26 2009
             1959  PDT MAR 26 2009
             0259  UTC MAR 27 2009
 LOCATION  - 61.1 NORTH 138.4 WEST
              25 MILES/40 KM SE OF BURWASH LANDING YUKON 
             240 MILES/386 KM NW OF JUNEAU ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 2 MILES/4 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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