SEAK71 PAAQ 312216
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
241 PM 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 - 4.9
 TIME      - 1411 AKDT OCT 31 2008
             1511  PDT OCT 31 2008
             2211  UTC OCT 31 2008
 LOCATION  - 51.3 NORTH 174.4 WEST
              65 MILES/105 KM S OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
             110 MILES/177 KM SE OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 20 MILES/32 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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