SEAK71 PAAQ 182122
EQIAKX
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1222 PM AKST SUN JAN 18 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 - 5.1
 TIME      - 1217 AKST JAN 18 2009
             1317  PST JAN 18 2009
             2117  UTC JAN 18 2009
 LOCATION  - 54.3 NORTH 161.4 WEST
              75 MILES/121 KM SW OF SAND POINT ALASKA
             640 MILES/1030 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/34 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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