SEXX60 PAAQ 170736 EQIAT1 TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 336 AM AST SAT DEC 17 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 - 5.3 TIME - 0109 EST DEC 17 2011 0209 AST DEC 17 2011 0009 CST DEC 17 2011 0609 UTC DEC 17 2011 LOCATION - 18.1 NORTH 67.4 WEST 15 MILES/24 KM SW OF MAYAGUEZ PUERTO RICO 85 MILES/137 KM SW OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO DEPTH - 20 MILES/32 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. $$