SEAK71 PAAQ 081533
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
633 AM AKST SAT NOV 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 - 3.1
 TIME      - 0558 AKST NOV 08 2008
             0658  PST NOV 08 2008
             1458  UTC NOV 08 2008
 LOCATION  - 57.8 NORTH 152.5 WEST
               5 MILES/8 KM SW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
             255 MILES/410 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 6 MILES/9 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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