Saturday, August 27, 2011

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/08/27/lqksak/01/messagelqksak-01.htm

SEUS71 PAAQ 270720
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1220 AM PDT SAT AUG 27 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 - 4.7
TIME - 2318 AKDT AUG 26 2011
0018 PDT AUG 27 2011
0718 UTC AUG 27 2011
LOCATION - 36.5 NORTH 121.3 WEST
35 MILES/56 KM E OF MONTEREY CALIFORNIA
105 MILES/169 KM SE OF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
DEPTH - 4 MILES/7 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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