SEUS71 PAAQ 172240
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
340 PM PDT THU JUL 17 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 - 5.5
 TIME      - 1436 AKDT JUL 17 2008
             1536  PDT JUL 17 2008
             2236  UTC JUL 17 2008
 LOCATION  - 44.4 NORTH 129.2 WEST
           - OFF COAST OF OREGON             
 DEPTH     - 7 MILES/12 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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