SEAK71 PAAQ 271819
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1019 AM AKDT TUE APR 27 2010

...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 - 5.3
 TIME      - 1015 AKDT APR 27 2010
             1115  PDT APR 27 2010
             1815  UTC APR 27 2010
 LOCATION  - 50.7 NORTH 178.9 EAST
              55 MILES/89 KM S OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             210 MILES/338 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 22 MILES/36 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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