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xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://ntwc.arh.noaa.gov/schema/TEX.xsd"
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<TWCEventID>mcmaw3</TWCEventID>
<WMOID source="PAAQ">SEUS71</WMOID>
<WMOCenterID>PAAQ</WMOCenterID>
<WMODateTimeGroup>281922</WMODateTimeGroup>
<AWIPSID>EQIWOC</AWIPSID>
<bulletinNumber>1</bulletinNumber>
<bulletinName>Tsunami Seismic Information Statement</bulletinName>
<issuingCenter>NWS West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK</issuingCenter>
<bulletinIssueTime>2012-10-28T19:22:51Z</bulletinIssueTime>
<bulletinIssueTimeString>1222 PM PDT SUN OCT 28 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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<recommendedActionsFull><![CDATA[
Evaluation: 
 * There is NO tsunami danger from this earthquake.

]]></recommendedActionsFull>
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<preliminarySeismicInformation>
<magnitude type="mb">5.200000</magnitude>
<originTime>2012-10-28T19:16:51Z</originTime>
<originTimeZone>PDT</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>AKDT</originTimeZone>
<depth unit="kilometers">20</depth>
<geo:lat>52.844000</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-132.605000</geo:long>
<locationName>40 miles SW of Sandspit, British Columbia</locationName>
<locationName>385 miles S of Juneau, Alaska</locationName>
<rigidity unit="dyne/cm**2">420000000000.000000</rigidity>
<seismicMoment unit="dyne-cm">707945784384134430000000.000000</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>
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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>
</actions>
<validTime unit="minutes">90</validTime>
<tsunamiBulletinBody><![CDATA[
SEUS71 PAAQ 281922
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1222 PM PDT SUN OCT 28 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 - 5.2
 TIME      - 1117 AKDT OCT 28 2012
             1217  PDT OCT 28 2012
             1917  UTC OCT 28 2012
 LOCATION  - 52.8 NORTH 132.6 WEST
              40 MILES/64 KM SW OF SANDSPIT BRITISH COLUMBIA
             385 MILES/620 KM S OF JUNEAU ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 12 MILES/20 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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<tsunamiBulletinShort><![CDATA[
Subject: Information Statement

Tsunami Info Stmt: M5.2 040Mi SW Sandspit, British Columbia 1217PDT Oct 28: Tsunami NOT expected
]]>
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<tsunamiRecorded>false</tsunamiRecorded>
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<tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiInformation>
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