SEAK71 PAAQ 192324
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
324 PM 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 - 4.7
 TIME      - 1522 AKDT AUG 19 2009
             1622  PDT AUG 19 2009
             2322  UTC AUG 19 2009
 LOCATION  - 51.6 NORTH 173.6 WEST
              50 MILES/80 KM SE OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
             135 MILES/217 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 25 MILES/41 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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