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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1007 AM AKDT SUN MAY 17 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 - 3.8
 TIME      - 1005 AKDT MAY 17 2009
             1105  PDT MAY 17 2009
             1805  UTC MAY 17 2009
 LOCATION  - 60.2 NORTH 153.1 WEST
              70 MILES/113 KM NW OF HOMER ALASKA
             125 MILES/201 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 76 MILES/122 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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