SEAK71 PAAQ 211045
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
245 AM AKDT MON SEP 21 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 - 4.4
 TIME      - 0241 AKDT SEP 21 2009
             0341  PDT SEP 21 2009
             1041  UTC SEP 21 2009
 LOCATION  - 60.9 NORTH 147.2 WEST
              35 MILES/56 KM SW OF VALDEZ ALASKA
              95 MILES/153 KM SE OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 6 MILES/9 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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