SEAK71 PAAQ 311149
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
349 AM AKDT FRI OCT 31 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 - 4.4
 TIME      - 0344 AKDT OCT 31 2008
             0444  PDT OCT 31 2008
             1144  UTC OCT 31 2008
 LOCATION  - 51.9 NORTH 174.7 WEST
              30 MILES/48 KM SW OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
              85 MILES/137 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 17 MILES/28 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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