SEAK71 PAAQ 312333
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
333 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 - 5.0
 TIME      - 1527 AKDT OCT 31 2008
             1627  PDT OCT 31 2008
             2327  UTC OCT 31 2008
 LOCATION  - 51.7 NORTH 174.8 WEST
              45 MILES/72 KM SW OF ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA
              85 MILES/137 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 27 MILES/44 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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