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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
619 PM AKDT THU MAR 20 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      - 1813 AKDT MAR 20 2008
             1913  PDT MAR 20 2008
             0213  UTC MAR 21 2008
 LOCATION  - 56.2 NORTH 162.0 WEST
              75 MILES/121 KM NE OF COLD BAY ALASKA
             555 MILES/893 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 119 MILES/192 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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