Tuesday, January 24, 2012

WCATWC Information Statement - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2012/01/25/lybwsq/01/messagelybwsq-01.htm

SEAK71 PAAQ 250049
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
349 PM AKST TUE JAN 24 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 - 5.0
TIME - 1546 AKST JAN 24 2012
1646 PST JAN 24 2012
0046 UTC JAN 25 2012
LOCATION - 52.8 NORTH 167.3 WEST
70 MILES/113 KM E OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA
405 MILES/652 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
DEPTH - 19 MILES/31 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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