SEAK71 PAAQ 121905 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 1005 AM AKST THU NOV 12 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 - 3.5 TIME - 1003 AKST NOV 12 2009 1103 PST NOV 12 2009 1903 UTC NOV 12 2009 LOCATION - 61.3 NORTH 147.0 WEST 25 MILES/40 KM NW OF VALDEZ ALASKA 95 MILES/153 KM E OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA DEPTH - 4 MILES/6 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. $$