SEAK71 PAAQ 182339
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
339 PM AKDT SAT APR 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 - 5.4
 TIME      - 1531 AKDT APR 18 2009
             1631  PDT APR 18 2009
             2331  UTC APR 18 2009
 LOCATION  - 53.2 NORTH 170.9 EAST
              95 MILES/153 KM W OF ATTU I. ALASKA
             510 MILES/821 KM E OF PETROPAVLOVSK KAMCHATKA
 DEPTH     - 3 MILES/5 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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