SEUS71 PAAQ 240330 EQIWOC TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 830 PM PDT THU APR 23 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 - 4.2 TIME - 1928 AKDT APR 23 2009 2028 PDT APR 23 2009 0328 UTC APR 24 2009 LOCATION - 33.9 NORTH 117.8 WEST 85 MILES/137 KM SW OF BARSTOW CALIFORNIA 30 MILES/48 KM SE OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA DEPTH - 5 MILES/8 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. $$