Tuesday, December 13, 2011

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/12/14/lw6al4/01/messagelw6al4-01.htm

SEAK71 PAAQ 140253
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
553 PM AKST TUE DEC 13 2011

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE SUCH
THAT A TSUNAMI WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY
WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 4.0
TIME - 1751 AKST DEC 13 2011
1851 PST DEC 13 2011
0251 UTC DEC 14 2011
LOCATION - 61.4 NORTH 146.5 WEST
20 MILES/32 KM NW OF VALDEZ ALASKA
115 MILES/185 KM E OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
DEPTH - 27 MILES/43 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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