SEAK71 PAAQ 180147
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
547 PM AKDT MON SEP 17 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 - 5.2
 TIME      - 1745 AKDT SEP 17 2012
             1845  PDT SEP 17 2012
             0145  UTC SEP 18 2012
 LOCATION  - 56.9 NORTH 154.1 WEST
              90 MILES/145 KM SW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
             335 MILES/539 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 27 MILES/43 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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