SEUS71 PAAQ 182251
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
351 PM PDT FRI MAR 18 2016

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


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


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A RAPID PRELIMINARY
   ASSESSMENT AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.

 * MAGNITUDE      5.3
 * ORIGIN TIME    1447 AKDT MAR 18 2016
                  1547  PDT MAR 18 2016
                  2247  UTC MAR 18 2016
 * COORDINATES    49.7 NORTH 129.7 WEST
 * DEPTH          7 MILES
 * LOCATION       115 MILES SW OF PORT ALICE BRITISH COLUMBIA
                  325 MILES S OF PRINCE RUPERT BRITISH COLUMBIA


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
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 * 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.

 * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
   MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

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