Tuesday, January 17, 2012

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2012/01/17/lxxsvm/01/messagelxxsvm-01.htm

SEUS71 PAAQ 171000
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
200 AM PST TUE JAN 17 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 - 4.0
TIME - 0055 AKST JAN 17 2012
0155 PST JAN 17 2012
0955 UTC JAN 17 2012
LOCATION - 40.5 NORTH 124.9 WEST
45 MILES/72 KM SW OF EUREKA CALIFORNIA
235 MILES/378 KM NW OF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
DEPTH - 13 MILES/21 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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