SEAK71 PAAQ 272310
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
310 PM AKDT THU MAR 27 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 - 5.2
 TIME      - 1508 AKDT MAR 27 2008
             1608  PDT MAR 27 2008
             2308  UTC MAR 27 2008
 LOCATION  - 59.0 NORTH 152.3 WEST
              50 MILES/80 KM SW OF HOMER ALASKA
             170 MILES/274 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 48 MILES/78 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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