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xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://ntwc.arh.noaa.gov/schema/TEX.xsd"
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<TWCEventID>mbeqeg</TWCEventID>
<WMOID source="PAAQ">SEXX60</WMOID>
<WMOCenterID>PAAQ</WMOCenterID>
<WMODateTimeGroup>050639</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>2012-10-05T06:39:38Z</bulletinIssueTime>
<bulletinIssueTimeString>239 AM AST FRI OCT 5 2012</bulletinIssueTimeString>
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<headline><![CDATA[
This is a tsunami information statement. 

]]></headline>
<segmentCategory>Information</segmentCategory>
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<productDefinition>An information statement indicates that an earthquake has occurred, but does not pose a tsunami threat, or that a tsunami warning, advisory, or watch has been issued for another section of the ocean. 
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Evaluation: 
 * There is NO tsunami danger from this earthquake.

]]></recommendedActionsFull>
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<preliminarySeismicInformation>
<magnitude type="Ml">4.200000</magnitude>
<originTime>2012-10-05T06:37:28Z</originTime>
<originTimeZone>EDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>CDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>AST</originTimeZone>
<depth unit="kilometers">59</depth>
<geo:lat>20.115000</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-65.357000</geo:long>
<locationName>115 miles NW of Settlement, Br. Virgin Is.</locationName>
<locationName>125 miles NE of San Juan, Puerto Rico</locationName>
<rigidity unit="dyne/cm**2">420000000000.000000</rigidity>
<seismicMoment unit="dyne-cm">22387211385683285000000.000000</seismicMoment>
<ruptureVelocity unit="kilometers per second">2.500000</ruptureVelocity>
<slipVelocity unit="meters per second">1.000000</slipVelocity>
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<strikePercent>0.500000</strikePercent>
<dipPercent>0.500000</dipPercent>
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<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>
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<validTime unit="minutes">90</validTime>
<tsunamiBulletinBody><![CDATA[
SEXX60 PAAQ 050639
EQIAT1

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
239 AM AST FRI OCT 5 2012

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED THAT IS NOT EXPTECTED TO GENERATE
 A TSUNAMI. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED
 FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 4.2
 TIME      - 0237  EDT OCT 05 2012
             0237  AST OCT 05 2012
             0137  CDT OCT 05 2012
             0637  UTC OCT 05 2012
 LOCATION  - 20.1 NORTH 65.4 WEST
             115 MILES/185 KM NW OF SETTLEMENT BR. VIRGIN IS.
             125 MILES/201 KM NE OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
 DEPTH     - 37 MILES/59 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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<tsunamiBulletinShort><![CDATA[
Subject: Information Statement

Tsunami Info Stmt: M4.2 115Mi NW Settlement, Br. Virgin Is. 0237EDT Oct 5: Tsunami NOT expected
]]>
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