SEAK71 PAAQ 250438
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
838 PM AKDT SUN AUG 24 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 - 4.3
 TIME      - 2033 AKDT AUG 24 2008
             2133  PDT AUG 24 2008
             0433  UTC AUG 25 2008
 LOCATION  - 55.2 NORTH 159.0 WEST
              60 MILES/97 KM E OF SAND POINT ALASKA
             535 MILES/861 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 22 MILES/35 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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