SEAK71 PAAQ 140639
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1039 PM AKDT WED AUG 13 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 - 3.7
 TIME      - 2235 AKDT AUG 13 2008
             2335  PDT AUG 13 2008
             0635  UTC AUG 14 2008
 LOCATION  - 56.3 NORTH 157.6 WEST
              35 MILES/56 KM E OF CHIGNIK ALASKA
             435 MILES/700 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 34 MILES/55 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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