WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/05/24/llpnwc/01/messagellpnwc-01.htm

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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
948 AM AKDT TUE MAY 24 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 - 0943 AKDT MAY 24 2011
1043 PDT MAY 24 2011
1743 UTC MAY 24 2011
LOCATION - 52.4 NORTH 173.1 WEST
45 MILES/72 KM W OF AMUKTA PASS ALASKA
160 MILES/257 KM NE OF ADAK ALASKA
DEPTH - 23 MILES/37 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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