Wednesday, January 12, 2011

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/01/12/lewj92/01/messagelewj92-01.htm

SEUS71 PAAQ 120853
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1253 AM PST WED JAN 12 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 - 4.8
TIME - 2351 AKST JAN 11 2011
0051 PST JAN 12 2011
0851 UTC JAN 12 2011
LOCATION - 36.7 NORTH 121.6 WEST
15 MILES/24 KM NE OF MONTEREY CALIFORNIA
90 MILES/145 KM SE OF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
DEPTH - 6 MILES/9 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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