SEAK71 PAAQ 141834
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1034 AM AKDT FRI AUG 14 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 - 2.8
 TIME      - 1031 AKDT AUG 14 2009
             1131  PDT AUG 14 2009
             1831  UTC AUG 14 2009
 LOCATION  - 61.5 NORTH 149.4 WEST
              15 MILES/24 KM SW OF PALMER ALASKA
              25 MILES/40 KM NE OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/33 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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