SEAK71 PAAQ 162054
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1254 PM AKDT WED SEP 16 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      - 1250 AKDT SEP 16 2009
             1350  PDT SEP 16 2009
             2050  UTC SEP 16 2009
 LOCATION  - 52.6 NORTH 169.6 WEST
              35 MILES/56 KM SW OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA
             305 MILES/491 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 14 MILES/22 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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