SEAK71 PAAQ 212357
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
257 PM AKST THU FEB 21 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 - 5.0
 TIME      - 1452 AKST FEB 21 2008
             1552  PST FEB 21 2008
             2352  UTC FEB 21 2008
 LOCATION  - 51.5 NORTH 177.4 WEST
             145 MILES/233 KM SW OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
              40 MILES/64 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 68 MILES/110 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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