SEAK71 PAAQ 232217
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
217 PM AKDT SUN MAR 23 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 - 3.7
 TIME      - 1415 AKDT MAR 23 2008
             1515  PDT MAR 23 2008
             2215  UTC MAR 23 2008
 LOCATION  - 61.8 NORTH 150.1 WEST
              35 MILES/56 KM NW OF PALMER ALASKA
              40 MILES/64 KM N OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 16 MILES/26 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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