SEAK71 PAAQ 200117
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
517 PM AKDT SAT SEP 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 - 4.0
 TIME      - 1715 AKDT SEP 19 2009
             1815  PDT SEP 19 2009
             0115  UTC SEP 20 2009
 LOCATION  - 61.0 NORTH 149.8 WEST
              45 MILES/72 KM SW OF PALMER ALASKA
              10 MILES/16 KM SE OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 28 MILES/45 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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