Friday, September 05, 2008

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

SEUS71 PAAQ 060115
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
615 PM PDT FRI SEP 5 2008

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 5.0
TIME - 1710 AKDT SEP 05 2008
1810 PDT SEP 05 2008
0110 UTC SEP 06 2008
LOCATION - 50.0 NORTH 129.7 WEST
115 MILES/185 KM W OF PORT ALICE BRITISH COLUMBIA
375 MILES/604 KM NW OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON
DEPTH - 7 MILES/11 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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