SEAK71 PAAQ 090230
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
530 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 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 - 5.3
 TIME      - 1726 AKST DEC 08 2009
             1826  PST DEC 08 2009
             0226  UTC DEC 09 2009
 LOCATION  - 51.5 NORTH 177.0 WEST
             130 MILES/209 KM SW OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
              30 MILES/48 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 32 MILES/52 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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