SEAK71 PAAQ 202049
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1249 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE SUCH
 THAT A TSUNAMI WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY
 WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 4.0
 TIME      - 1248 AKDT SEP 20 2012
             1348  PDT SEP 20 2012
             2048  UTC SEP 20 2012
 LOCATION  - 62.7 NORTH 149.9 WEST
              30 MILES/48 KM NE OF TALKEETNA ALASKA
             105 MILES/169 KM N OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 4 MILES/6 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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