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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
301 PM AKDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...


EVALUATION
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 * AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED - THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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 * THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON A RAPID PRELIMINARY
   ASSESSMENT AND CHANGES MAY OCCUR.

 * MAGNITUDE      4.5
 * ORIGIN TIME    1455 AKDT MAR 15 2016
                  1555  PDT MAR 15 2016
                  2255  UTC MAR 15 2016
 * COORDINATES    51.4 NORTH 173.6 WEST
 * DEPTH          20 MILES
 * LOCATION       60 MILES SE OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
                  140 MILES SE OF ADAK ALASKA


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
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 * THE EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS 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.

 * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
   MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

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