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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1154 AM AKDT SUN JUL 18 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 - 5.7
TIME - 1148 AKDT JUL 18 2010
1248 PDT JUL 18 2010
1948 UTC JUL 18 2010
LOCATION - 52.8 NORTH 169.2 WEST
15 MILES/24 KM SW OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA
325 MILES/523 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
DEPTH - 32 MILES/52 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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