Friday, January 13, 2012

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2012/01/13/lxr5kw/01/messagelxr5kw-01.htm

SEUS71 PAAQ 131949
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1149 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2012

...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 - 1046 AKST JAN 13 2012
1146 PST JAN 13 2012
1946 UTC JAN 13 2012
LOCATION - 51.3 NORTH 130.3 WEST
145 MILES/233 KM SE OF SANDSPIT BRITISH COLUMBIA
445 MILES/716 KM NW OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON
DEPTH - 7 MILES/12 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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