SEAK71 PAAQ 250106
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
506 PM AKDT MON MAR 24 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 - 4.8
 TIME      - 1658 AKDT MAR 24 2008
             1758  PDT MAR 24 2008
             0058  UTC MAR 25 2008
 LOCATION  - 52.3 NORTH 168.5 WEST
              45 MILES/72 KM SE OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA
             350 MILES/563 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 25 MILES/40 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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