SEAK71 PAAQ 180045
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
445 PM AKDT WED JUN 17 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 - 3.5
 TIME      - 1642 AKDT JUN 17 2009
             1742  PDT JUN 17 2009
             0042  UTC JUN 18 2009
 LOCATION  - 61.6 NORTH 150.3 WEST
              40 MILES/64 KM W OF PALMER ALASKA
              35 MILES/56 KM NW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 4 MILES/6 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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