Thursday, February 25, 2010

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1108 PM AKST WED FEB 24 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 - 2304 AKST FEB 24 2010
0004 PST FEB 25 2010
0804 UTC FEB 25 2010
LOCATION - 51.7 NORTH 176.0 WEST
85 MILES/137 KM SW OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
35 MILES/56 KM SE OF ADAK ALASKA
DEPTH - 18 MILES/29 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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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

nice post. thanks.