SEAK71 PAAQ 210854
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1254 AM AKDT TUE APR 21 2009

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A LOCATION AND 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      - 0037 AKDT APR 21 2009
             0137  PDT APR 21 2009
             0837  UTC APR 21 2009
 LOCATION  - 52.0 NORTH 173.3 WEST
              40 MILES/64 KM SE OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
             145 MILES/233 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 23 MILES/37 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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