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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>m9ip0u</TWCEventID>
<WMOID source="PAAQ">SEAK71</WMOID>
<WMOCenterID>PAAQ</WMOCenterID>
<WMODateTimeGroup>291253</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>2012-08-29T12:53:59Z</bulletinIssueTime>
<bulletinIssueTimeString>453 AM AKDT WED AUG 29 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>2012-08-29T12:50:54Z</originTime>
<originTimeZone>PDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>AKDT</originTimeZone>
<depth unit="kilometers">54</depth>
<geo:lat>60.339000</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-150.793000</geo:long>
<locationName>50 miles/80 Km NW of Seward, Alaska</locationName>
<locationName>65 miles/105 Km SW of Anchorage, Alaska</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[
SEAK71 PAAQ 291253
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
453 AM AKDT WED AUG 29 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      - 0451 AKDT AUG 29 2012
             0551  PDT AUG 29 2012
             1251  UTC AUG 29 2012
 LOCATION  - 60.3 NORTH 150.8 WEST
              50 MILES/80 KM NW OF SEWARD ALASKA
              65 MILES/105 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 34 MILES/54 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: M4.5 050 NW SEWARD, AK. 0551PDT AUG 29: Tsunami NOT expected
]]>
</tsunamiBulletinShort>
</TWCBulletin>
<tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiEvent>
