5.6 magnitude earthquake 91 km from Kotzebue, Alaska, United States

000 SEAK71 PAAQ 181847 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 1047 AM AKDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVALUATION ---------- * AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED - THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 5.4 * ORIGIN TIME 1044 AKDT APR 18 2014 1144 PDT APR 18 2014 1844 UTC APR 18 2014 * COORDINATES 67.9 NORTH 162.6 WEST * DEPTH 16 MILES * LOCATION 65 MILES N OF KOTZEBUE ALASKA 245 MILES NE OF NOME ALASKA NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. * 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.