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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>m9d9z4</TWCEventID>
<WMOID source="PAAQ">SEXX60</WMOID>
<WMOCenterID>PAAQ</WMOCenterID>
<WMODateTimeGroup>261441</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>2012-08-26T14:41:03Z</bulletinIssueTime>
<bulletinIssueTimeString>1041 AM AST SUN AUG 26 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">4.500000</magnitude>
<originTime>2012-08-26T14:37:52Z</originTime>
<originTimeZone>EDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>CDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>AST</originTimeZone>
<depth unit="kilometers">31</depth>
<geo:lat>19.529000</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-64.391000</geo:long>
<locationName>55 miles/89 Km N of Settlement, Br. Virgin Is.</locationName>
<locationName>135 miles/217 Km NE of San Juan, Puerto Rico</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[
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[
SEXX60 PAAQ 261441
EQIAT1

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1041 AM AST SUN AUG 26 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      - 1038  EDT AUG 26 2012
             1038  AST AUG 26 2012
             0938  CDT AUG 26 2012
             1438  UTC AUG 26 2012
 LOCATION  - 19.5 NORTH 64.4 WEST
              55 MILES/89 KM N OF SETTLEMENT BR. VIRGIN IS.
             135 MILES/217 KM NE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
 DEPTH     - 19 MILES/31 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: M4.5 055 N  SETTLEMENT-BVI 1038EDT AUG 26: Tsunami NOT expected
]]>
</tsunamiBulletinShort>
</TWCBulletin>
<tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiEvent>
