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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1152 AM AKDT FRI SEP 2 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 - 5.0
 TIME      - 1149 AKDT SEP 02 2011
             1249  PDT SEP 02 2011
             1949  UTC SEP 02 2011
 LOCATION  - 51.9 NORTH 171.5 WEST
              40 MILES/64 KM SE OF AMUKTA PASS ALASKA
             225 MILES/362 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 24 MILES/39 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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