SEAK71 PAAQ 200441
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
841 PM AKDT TUE AUG 19 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 - 4.1
 TIME      - 2039 AKDT AUG 19 2008
             2139  PDT AUG 19 2008
             0439  UTC AUG 20 2008
 LOCATION  - 62.2 NORTH 150.4 WEST
              10 MILES/16 KM SW OF TALKEETNA ALASKA
              75 MILES/121 KM NW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 29 MILES/47 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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