SEUS71 PAAQ 272022
EQIWOC

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
122 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 - 5.1
 TIME      - 1218 AKDT AUG 27 2008
             1318  PDT AUG 27 2008
             2018  UTC AUG 27 2008
 LOCATION  - 50.2 NORTH 130.1 WEST
             130 MILES/209 KM W OF PORT ALICE BRITISH COLUMBIA
             395 MILES/636 KM NW OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON
 DEPTH     - 7 MILES/11 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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