SEAK71 PAAQ 180336
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
636 PM AKST THU DEC 17 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 - 5.0
 TIME      - 1833 AKST DEC 17 2009
             1933  PST DEC 17 2009
             0333  UTC DEC 18 2009
 LOCATION  - 59.1 NORTH 153.3 WEST
              75 MILES/121 KM SW OF HOMER ALASKA
             190 MILES/306 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 52 MILES/84 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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