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xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://newntwc.arh.noaa.gov/schema/TEX.xsd"
xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
<TWCBulletin>
<TWCEventID>m8tdh9</TWCEventID>
<WMOID source="PAAQ">SEAK71</WMOID>
<WMOCenterID>PAAQ</WMOCenterID>
<WMODateTimeGroup>152044</WMODateTimeGroup>
<AWIPSID>EQIAKX</AWIPSID>
<bulletinNumber>1</bulletinNumber>
<bulletinName>Tsunami Seismic Information Statement</bulletinName>
<issuingCenter>NWS West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK</issuingCenter>
<bulletinIssueTime>2012-08-15T20:44:55Z</bulletinIssueTime>
<bulletinIssueTimeString>1244 PM AKDT WED AUG 15 2012</bulletinIssueTimeString>
<bulletinAreas>
<segment id="1">
<headline><![CDATA[
This is a tsunami information statement. 

]]></headline>
<segmentCategory>Information</segmentCategory>
<breakPoint>
<breakPointStart>
</breakPointStart>
<breakPointEnd>
</breakPointEnd>
</breakPoint>
<recommendedActions>Evaluation: 
 * An earthquake has occurred; there is NO tsunami danger.
</recommendedActions>
</segment>
</bulletinAreas>
<productData>
<recommendedActionsFull><![CDATA[
Evaluation: 
 * An earthquake has occurred; there is NO tsunami danger.

]]></recommendedActionsFull>
<graphicProducts>
</graphicProducts>
</productData>
<preliminarySeismicInformation>
<magnitude type="Ml">4.800000</magnitude>
<originTime>2012-08-15T20:41:33Z</originTime>
<originTimeZone>PDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>AKDT</originTimeZone>
<depth unit="kilometers">19</depth>
<geo:lat>51.128000</geo:lat>
<geo:long>179.149000</geo:long>
<locationName>25 miles/40 Km SE of Amchitka, Alaska</locationName>
<locationName>185 miles/298 Km SW of Adak, Alaska</locationName>
<rigidity unit="dyne/cm**2">420000000000.000000</rigidity>
<seismicMoment unit="dyne-cm">177827941003892280000000.000000</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[
This will be the only WCATWC message issued for this event. 
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.

]]></nextActions>
</actions>
<validTime unit="minutes">90</validTime>
<tsunamiBulletinBody><![CDATA[
SEAK71 PAAQ 152044
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1244 PM AKDT WED AUG 15 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 - 4.8
 TIME      - 1242 AKDT AUG 15 2012
             1342  PDT AUG 15 2012
             2042  UTC AUG 15 2012
 LOCATION  - 51.1 NORTH 179.1 EAST
              25 MILES/40 KM SE OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             185 MILES/298 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 12 MILES/19 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.

$$

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

NWS Info Stmt: M4.8 025 SE AMCHITKA, AK. 1342PDT AUG 15: Tsunami NOT expected
]]>
</tsunamiBulletinShort>
</TWCBulletin>
<tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiEvent>
