SEAK71 PAAQ 251921
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1121 AM AKDT SUN MAY 25 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 - 5.3
 TIME      - 1118 AKDT MAY 25 2008
             1218  PDT MAY 25 2008
             1918  UTC MAY 25 2008
 LOCATION  - 56.0 NORTH 153.4 WEST
             130 MILES/209 KM SW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
             385 MILES/620 KM SW 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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