Friday, August 20, 2010

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/08/20/232243/01/message232243-01.htm

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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
843 AM AKDT FRI AUG 20 2010

...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 - 5.1
TIME - 0841 AKDT AUG 20 2010
0941 PDT AUG 20 2010
1641 UTC AUG 20 2010
LOCATION - 53.9 NORTH 165.9 WEST
25 MILES/40 KM E OF DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA
470 MILES/756 KM NE OF ADAK ALASKA
DEPTH - 65 MILES/105 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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