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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
941 AM AKDT FRI MAY 15 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 - 4.5
 TIME      - 0938 AKDT MAY 15 2009
             1038  PDT MAY 15 2009
             1738  UTC MAY 15 2009
 LOCATION  - 56.3 NORTH 152.2 WEST
             100 MILES/161 KM S OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
             350 MILES/563 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 4 MILES/7 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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