Friday, November 12, 2010

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/11/12/955517/01/message955517-01.htm

SEAK71 PAAQ 120950
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1250 AM AKST FRI NOV 12 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 - 5.3
TIME - 0046 AKST NOV 12 2010
0146 PST NOV 12 2010
0946 UTC NOV 12 2010
LOCATION - 52.5 NORTH 169.5 WEST
40 MILES/64 KM SW OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA
305 MILES/491 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
DEPTH - 21 MILES/33 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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