Second Big Weekend Quake, No Tsunami Watch, Warning, or Advisory for Pacific Northwest

Date October 28, 2012 at 12:30 pm | Topic: Local News

No Watch, Warning, or Advisory
Location: 40 miles SW of Sandspit, British Columbia
Magnitude: 5.2, Depth: 12.43 (Mi.)
Lat: 52.8 ° N Lon: 132.6 ° W
Origin Time: Sun Oct 28 2012 12:16:51 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
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 - 5.2
TIME - 1117 AKDT OCT 28 2012
1217 PDT OCT 28 2012
1917 UTC OCT 28 2012
LOCATION - 52.8 NORTH 132.6 WEST
40 MILES/64 KM SW OF SANDSPIT BRITISH COLUMBIA
385 MILES/620 KM S OF JUNEAU ALASKA
DEPTH - 12 MILES/20 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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