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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
830 AM AKDT WED OCT 8 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 - 4.2
 TIME      - 0828 AKDT OCT 08 2008
             0928  PDT OCT 08 2008
             1628  UTC OCT 08 2008
 LOCATION  - 60.2 NORTH 152.8 WEST
              60 MILES/97 KM NW OF HOMER ALASKA
             125 MILES/201 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 76 MILES/122 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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