SEAK71 PAAQ 301212
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
412 AM AKDT MON MAR 30 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 - 5.0
 TIME      - 0409 AKDT MAR 30 2009
             0509  PDT MAR 30 2009
             1209  UTC MAR 30 2009
 LOCATION  - 55.8 NORTH 152.4 WEST
             140 MILES/225 KM S OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
             390 MILES/628 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 18 MILES/29 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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