SEXX60 PAAQ 182018
EQIAT1

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
418 PM AST SUN APR 18 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 - 5.0
 TIME      - 1617  EDT APR 18 2010
             1617  AST APR 18 2010
             2017  UTC APR 18 2010
 LOCATION  - 18.3 NORTH 68.5 WEST
              85 MILES/137 KM W OF MAYAGUEZ PUERTO RICO
             155 MILES/249 KM W OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
 DEPTH     - 59 MILES/95 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 PUERTO RICO 
SEISMIC NETWORK.

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