SEAK71 PAAQ 190047
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
447 PM AKDT MON AUG 18 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 - 3.9
 TIME      - 1645 AKDT AUG 18 2008
             1745  PDT AUG 18 2008
             0045  UTC AUG 19 2008
 LOCATION  - 61.6 NORTH 150.6 WEST
              50 MILES/80 KM W OF PALMER ALASKA
              35 MILES/56 KM NW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 31 MILES/50 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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