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<tsunamiEvent xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://newntwc.arh.noaa.gov/schema/TEX.xsd"
xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
<TWCBulletin>
<TWCEventID>m87x7u</TWCEventID>
<WMOID source="PAAQ">SEXX60</WMOID>
<WMOCenterID>PAAQ</WMOCenterID>
<WMODateTimeGroup>040644</WMODateTimeGroup>
<AWIPSID>EQIAT1</AWIPSID>
<bulletinNumber>1</bulletinNumber>
<bulletinName>Tsunami Seismic Information Statement</bulletinName>
<issuingCenter>NWS West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK</issuingCenter>
<bulletinIssueTime>2012-08-04T06:44:43Z</bulletinIssueTime>
<bulletinIssueTimeString>244 AM AST SAT AUG 4 2012</bulletinIssueTimeString>
<bulletinAreas>
<segment id="1">
<headline><![CDATA[
This is an information statement. 

]]></headline>
<segmentCategory>Information</segmentCategory>
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<breakPointStart>
</breakPointStart>
<breakPointEnd>
</breakPointEnd>
</breakPoint>
<recommendedActions>Evaluation: 
An earthquake has occurred with a magnitude such that a tsunami 
will not be generated. This will be the only West Coast/Alaska 
Tsunami Warning Center message issued for this event.
 </recommendedActions>
</segment>
</bulletinAreas>
<productData>
<recommendedActionsFull><![CDATA[
Evaluation: 
An earthquake has occurred with a magnitude such that a tsunami 
will not be generated. This will be the only West Coast/Alaska 
Tsunami Warning Center message issued for this event.
 
]]></recommendedActionsFull>
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</graphicProducts>
</productData>
<preliminarySeismicInformation>
<magnitude type="Ml">4.500000</magnitude>
<originTime>2012-08-04T06:40:42Z</originTime>
<originTimeZone>EDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>CDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>AST</originTimeZone>
<depth unit="kilometers">105</depth>
<geo:lat>18.993000</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-70.356000</geo:long>
<locationName>in the Dominican Republic region</locationName>
<rigidity unit="dyne/cm**2">420000000000.000000</rigidity>
<seismicMoment unit="dyne-cm">63095734448018908000000.000000</seismicMoment>
<ruptureVelocity unit="kilometers per second">2.500000</ruptureVelocity>
<slipVelocity unit="meters per second">1.000000</slipVelocity>
<epicenterLocation>
<strikePercent>0.500000</strikePercent>
<dipPercent>0.500000</dipPercent>
</epicenterLocation>
</preliminarySeismicInformation>
<actions>
<nextActions><![CDATA[
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. 

]]></nextActions>
</actions>
<validTime unit="minutes">90</validTime>
<tsunamiBulletinBody><![CDATA[
SEXX60 PAAQ 040644
EQIAT1

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
244 AM AST SAT AUG 4 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 - 4.5
 TIME      - 0241  EDT AUG 04 2012
             0241  AST AUG 04 2012
             0141  CDT AUG 04 2012
             0641  UTC AUG 04 2012
 LOCATION  - 19.0 NORTH 70.4 WEST
           - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION       
 DEPTH     - 65 MILES/105 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.

$$

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</tsunamiBulletinBody>
<tsunamiBulletinBodyPublic></tsunamiBulletinBodyPublic>
<tsunamiBulletinShort><![CDATA[
Subject: Information Statement

NWS Info Stmt: M4.5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION        0241EDT AUG 4: Tsunami NOT expected
]]>
</tsunamiBulletinShort>
</TWCBulletin>
<tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiEvent>
