SEUS71 PAAQ 272004
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
104 PM PDT WED AUG 27 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 - 4.7
 TIME      - 1159 AKDT AUG 27 2008
             1259  PDT AUG 27 2008
             1959  UTC AUG 27 2008
 LOCATION  - 50.3 NORTH 129.3 WEST
              95 MILES/153 KM W OF PORT ALICE BRITISH COLUMBIA
             370 MILES/595 KM NW OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON
 DEPTH     - 3 MILES/5 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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