Saturday, July 25, 2009

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1148 PM AKDT FRI JUL 24 2009

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 4.0
TIME - 2346 AKDT JUL 24 2009
0046 PDT JUL 25 2009
0746 UTC JUL 25 2009
LOCATION - 61.4 NORTH 147.5 WEST
45 MILES/72 KM NW OF VALDEZ ALASKA
80 MILES/129 KM E OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
DEPTH - 2 MILES/3 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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