SEUS71 PAAQ 180342
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
842 PM PDT 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 - 4.8
 TIME      - 1940 AKDT MAY 17 2009
             2040  PDT MAY 17 2009
             0340  UTC MAY 18 2009
 LOCATION  - 33.8 NORTH 118.3 WEST
             100 MILES/161 KM NW OF SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
              15 MILES/24 KM SW 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.

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