SEAK71 PAAQ 010238
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
638 PM AKDT WED APR 30 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 - 5.1
 TIME      - 1833 AKDT APR 30 2008
             1933  PDT APR 30 2008
             0233  UTC MAY 01 2008
 LOCATION  - 50.7 NORTH 177.5 WEST
             160 MILES/257 KM SE OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
              90 MILES/145 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 38 MILES/61 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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