SEAK71 PAAQ 130237
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
637 PM AKDT TUE AUG 12 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 - 3.6
 TIME      - 1835 AKDT AUG 12 2008
             1935  PDT AUG 12 2008
             0235  UTC AUG 13 2008
 LOCATION  - 59.3 NORTH 152.9 WEST
              55 MILES/89 KM SW OF HOMER ALASKA
             170 MILES/274 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 52 MILES/84 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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