SEAK71 PAAQ 191821
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1021 AM AKDT WED AUG 19 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 - 5.0
 TIME      - 1019 AKDT AUG 19 2009
             1119  PDT AUG 19 2009
             1819  UTC AUG 19 2009
 LOCATION  - 61.2 NORTH 150.8 WEST
              65 MILES/105 KM SW OF PALMER ALASKA
              30 MILES/48 KM W OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 40 MILES/64 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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