SEAK71 PAAQ 282240
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
240 PM AKDT SAT MAR 28 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 - 4.8
 TIME      - 1438 AKDT MAR 28 2009
             1538  PDT MAR 28 2009
             2238  UTC MAR 28 2009
 LOCATION  - 52.5 NORTH 170.2 WEST
              60 MILES/97 KM SW OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA
             280 MILES/451 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/33 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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