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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>mfkicj</TWCEventID>
<WMOID source="PAAQ">SEAK71</WMOID>
<WMOCenterID>PAAQ</WMOCenterID>
<WMODateTimeGroup>250346</WMODateTimeGroup>
<AWIPSID>EQIAKX</AWIPSID>
<bulletinNumber>1</bulletinNumber>
<bulletinName>Tsunami Seismic Information Statement</bulletinName>
<issuingCenter>NWS West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK</issuingCenter>
<bulletinIssueTime>2012-12-25T03:46:09Z</bulletinIssueTime>
<bulletinIssueTimeString>646 PM AKST MON DEC 24 2012</bulletinIssueTimeString>
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<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>
</segment>
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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">4.6</magnitude>
<originTime>2012-12-25T03:43:31Z</originTime>
<originTimeZone>PST</originTimeZone>
<originTimeZone>AKST</originTimeZone>
<depth unit="kilometers">24</depth>
<geo:lat>61.275</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-147.458</geo:long>
<locationName>40 miles NW of Valdez, Alaska</locationName>
<locationName>80 miles E of Anchorage, Alaska</locationName>
<rigidity unit="dyne/cm**2">420000000000.0</rigidity>
<seismicMoment unit="dyne-cm">89125093813374404000000.0</seismicMoment>
<ruptureVelocity unit="kilometers per second">2.5</ruptureVelocity>
<slipVelocity unit="meters per second">1.0</slipVelocity>
<epicenterLocation>
<strikePercent>0.50</strikePercent>
<dipPercent>0.50</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[
SEAK71 PAAQ 250346
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
646 PM AKST MON DEC 24 2012

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...


EVALUATION
----------
 * AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED - THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
 * MAGNITUDE      4.6
 * ORIGIN TIME    1844 AKST DEC 24 2012
                  1944  PST DEC 24 2012
                  0344  UTC DEC 25 2012
 * COORDINATES    61.3 NORTH 147.5 WEST
 * DEPTH          15 MILES
 * LOCATION       40 MILES NW OF VALDEZ ALASKA
                  80 MILES E OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------
 * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

 * THE EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS 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: M4.6 040Mi NW Valdez, Alaska 1944PST Dec 24: Tsunami NOT expected
]]>
</tsunamiBulletinShort>
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<tsunamiRecorded>false</tsunamiRecorded>
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<tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiInformation>
</tsunamiEvent>
