SEAK71 PAAQ 070818
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1118 PM AKST SUN JAN 6 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 - 5.3
 TIME      - 2314 AKST JAN 06 2008
             0014  PST JAN 07 2008
             0814  UTC JAN 07 2008
 LOCATION  - 51.3 NORTH 179.4 WEST
              70 MILES/113 KM E OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             120 MILES/193 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 24 MILES/38 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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