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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
631 PM AKDT SAT APR 17 2010

...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 - 4.0
 TIME      - 1829 AKDT APR 17 2010
             1929  PDT APR 17 2010
             0229  UTC APR 18 2010
 LOCATION  - 59.3 NORTH 153.1 WEST
              60 MILES/97 KM SW OF HOMER ALASKA
             170 MILES/274 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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