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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
142 PM AKST TUE JAN 13 2009

...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 - 3.1
 TIME      - 1340 AKST JAN 13 2009
             1440  PST JAN 13 2009
             2240  UTC JAN 13 2009
 LOCATION  - 60.9 NORTH 146.8 WEST
              20 MILES/32 KM SW OF VALDEZ ALASKA
             105 MILES/169 KM SE OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 10 MILES/16 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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