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xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://ntwc.arh.noaa.gov/schema/TEX.xsd"
xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
<TWCBulletin>
<TWCEventID>mc0dsp</TWCEventID>
<WMOID source="PAAQ">SEXX60</WMOID>
<WMOCenterID>PAAQ</WMOCenterID>
<WMODateTimeGroup>162315</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>2012-10-16T23:15:03Z</bulletinIssueTime>
<bulletinIssueTimeString>715 PM EDT TUE OCT 16 2012</bulletinIssueTimeString>
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<segment id="1">
<headline><![CDATA[
This is a tsunami information statement. 

]]></headline>
<segmentCategory>Information</segmentCategory>
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<breakPointEnd>
</breakPointEnd>
</breakPoint>
<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. 
</productDefinition>
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<productData>
<recommendedActionsFull><![CDATA[
Evaluation: 
 * There is NO tsunami danger from this earthquake.

]]></recommendedActionsFull>
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</productData>
<preliminarySeismicInformation>
<magnitude type="Ml">4.500000</magnitude>
<originTime>2012-10-16T23:12:25Z</originTime>
<originTimeZone>EDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>CDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>AST</originTimeZone>
<depth unit="kilometers">27</depth>
<geo:lat>43.603000</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-70.754000</geo:long>
<locationName>20 miles W of Portland, Maine</locationName>
<locationName>85 miles N of Boston, Massachusetts</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 162315
EQIAT1

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
715 PM EDT TUE OCT 16 2012

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 4.5
 TIME      - 1912  EDT OCT 16 2012
             1812  CDT OCT 16 2012
             1912  AST OCT 16 2012
             2312  UTC OCT 16 2012
 LOCATION  - 43.6 NORTH 70.8 WEST
              20 MILES/32 KM W OF PORTLAND MAINE
              85 MILES/137 KM N OF BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS
 DEPTH     - 17 MILES/27 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>
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<tsunamiBulletinShort><![CDATA[
Subject: Information Statement

Tsunami Info Stmt: M4.5 020Mi W  Portland, Maine 1912EDT Oct 16: Tsunami NOT expected
]]>
</tsunamiBulletinShort>
<testMessage>false</testMessage>
<tsunamiRecorded>false</tsunamiRecorded>
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<tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiEvent>
