SEAK71 PAAQ 060430
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
730 PM AKST SAT DEC 5 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 - 4.5
 TIME      - 1919 AKST DEC 05 2009
             2019  PST DEC 05 2009
             0419  UTC DEC 06 2009
 LOCATION  - 58.3 NORTH 156.1 WEST
              35 MILES/56 KM SE OF KING SALMON ALASKA
             295 MILES/475 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 86 MILES/139 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.

$$