SEAK71 PAAQ 302242 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 242 PM AKDT THU JUL 30 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 - 1439 AKDT JUL 30 2009 1539 PDT JUL 30 2009 2239 UTC JUL 30 2009 LOCATION - 59.9 NORTH 151.1 WEST 25 MILES/40 KM NE OF HOMER ALASKA 100 MILES/161 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA DEPTH - 9 MILES/14 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. $$