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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1145 AM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012

...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      - 1142 AKDT MAR 22 2012
             1242  PDT MAR 22 2012
             1942  UTC MAR 22 2012
 LOCATION  - 61.6 NORTH 149.8 WEST
              25 MILES/40 KM W OF PALMER ALASKA
              25 MILES/40 KM N OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 29 MILES/47 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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