SEAK71 PAAQ 030250
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
550 PM AKST TUE DEC 2 2008

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE SUCH
 THAT A TSUNAMI WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY
 WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 4.2
 TIME      - 1747 AKST DEC 02 2008
             1847  PST DEC 02 2008
             0247  UTC DEC 03 2008
 LOCATION  - 60.9 NORTH 137.7 WEST
              50 MILES/80 KM SE OF BURWASH LANDING YUKON 
             215 MILES/346 KM NW OF JUNEAU ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 2 MILES/4 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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