WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/05/21/lljefm/01/messagelljefm-01.htm

SEAK71 PAAQ 210839
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1239 AM AKDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...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 - 5.2
TIME - 0033 AKDT MAY 21 2011
0133 PDT MAY 21 2011
0833 UTC MAY 21 2011
LOCATION - 65.4 NORTH 166.9 WEST
160 MILES/257 KM SW OF KOTZEBUE ALASKA
75 MILES/121 KM NW OF NOME ALASKA
DEPTH - 8 MILES/13 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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