SEAK71 PAAQ 181959
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1059 AM AKST TUE NOV 18 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 - 3.8
 TIME      - 1057 AKST NOV 18 2008
             1157  PST NOV 18 2008
             1957  UTC NOV 18 2008
 LOCATION  - 58.3 NORTH 154.0 WEST
              70 MILES/113 KM NW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
             245 MILES/394 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 1 MILES/1 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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