SEAK71 PAAQ 270316
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
616 PM AKST SAT DEC 26 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      - 1813 AKST DEC 26 2009
             1913  PST DEC 26 2009
             0313  UTC DEC 27 2009
 LOCATION  - 56.4 NORTH 152.6 WEST
              95 MILES/153 KM S OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
             345 MILES/555 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 9 MILES/15 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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