Sunday, October 28, 2012

More Quake Action-No Warnings

NWS-WCATWC Tsunami Information Statement

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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1157 AM PDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED THAT IS NOT EXPECTED TO GENERATE
 A TSUNAMI. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED
 FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.4
 TIME      - 1054 AKDT OCT 28 2012
             1154  PDT OCT 28 2012
             1854  UTC OCT 28 2012
 LOCATION  - 52.8 NORTH 132.5 WEST
              40 MILES/64 KM SW OF SANDSPIT BRITISH COLUMBIA
             390 MILES/628 KM S OF JUNEAU ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 12 MILES/19 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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1 comment:

Bill 101 said...

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