SEXX60 PAAQ 032245 EQIAT1 TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 645 PM AST FRI DEC 3 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 - 1744 EST DEC 03 2010 1844 AST DEC 03 2010 1644 CST DEC 03 2010 2244 UTC DEC 03 2010 LOCATION - 17.8 NORTH 64.9 WEST 10 MILES/16 KM NW OF CHRISTIANSTED US VIRGIN IS. 90 MILES/145 KM SE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO DEPTH - 3 MILES/5 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. $$