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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
120 AM AST FRI OCT 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 - 4.0
 TIME      - 0116  EDT OCT 16 2009
             0116  AST OCT 16 2009
             0516  UTC OCT 16 2009
 LOCATION  - 18.9 NORTH 64.5 WEST
              75 MILES/121 KM N OF CHRISTIANSTED US VIRGIN IS.
             105 MILES/169 KM NE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
 DEPTH     - 24 MILES/39 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 PUERTO RICO 
SEISMIC NETWORK.

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