SEAK71 PAAQ 270002 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 302 PM AKST TUE FEB 26 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 - 4.4 TIME - 1458 AKST FEB 26 2008 1558 PST FEB 26 2008 2358 UTC FEB 26 2008 LOCATION - 52.4 NORTH 168.0 WEST 50 MILES/80 KM SE OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA 370 MILES/595 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA DEPTH - 21 MILES/33 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. $$