SEXX60 PAAQ 240008
EQIAT1

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
808 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011

...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 - 4.2
 TIME      - 2005  EDT AUG 23 2011
             1905  CDT AUG 23 2011
             2005  AST AUG 23 2011
             0005  UTC AUG 24 2011
 LOCATION  - 37.9 NORTH 77.9 WEST
              75 MILES/121 KM NE OF LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA
              35 MILES/56 KM NW OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA
 DEPTH     - 4 MILES/6 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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