SEAK71 PAAQ 130543
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
943 PM AKDT MON OCT 12 2009

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
 IS NOT EXPECTED. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY
 GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
 THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.3
 TIME      - 2137 AKDT OCT 12 2009
             2237  PDT OCT 12 2009
             0537  UTC OCT 13 2009
 LOCATION  - 52.8 NORTH 166.9 WEST
              75 MILES/121 KM SW OF DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA
             420 MILES/676 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 19 MILES/31 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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