SEAK71 PAAQ 240945
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
145 AM AKDT SUN MAY 24 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 - 4.6
 TIME      - 0140 AKDT MAY 24 2009
             0240  PDT MAY 24 2009
             0940  UTC MAY 24 2009
 LOCATION  - 59.8 NORTH 153.2 WEST
              60 MILES/97 KM E OF ILIAMNA ALASKA
             150 MILES/241 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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