SEXX60 PAAQ 181716
EQIAT1
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
116 PM AST THU DEC 18 2008
...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      - 1214  EST DEC 18 2008
             1314  AST DEC 18 2008
             1714  UTC DEC 18 2008
 LOCATION  - 18.8 NORTH 69.4 WEST
             155 MILES/249 KM NW OF MAYAGUEZ PUERTO RICO
             215 MILES/346 KM W OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
 DEPTH     - 66 MILES/106 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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