Saturday, January 09, 2010

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

SEUS71 PAAQ 100032
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
432 PM PST SAT JAN 9 2010

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
IS NOT EXPECTED. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY
GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 6.4
TIME - 1528 AKST JAN 09 2010
1628 PST JAN 09 2010
0028 UTC JAN 10 2010
LOCATION - 40.7 NORTH 124.4 WEST
15 MILES/24 KM SW OF EUREKA CALIFORNIA
230 MILES/370 KM NW OF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
DEPTH - 14 MILES/22 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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