SEAK71 PAAQ 190007 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 407 PM AKDT WED AUG 18 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 - 4.0 TIME - 1605 AKDT AUG 18 2010 1705 PDT AUG 18 2010 0005 UTC AUG 19 2010 LOCATION - 56.3 NORTH 154.3 WEST 125 MILES/201 KM SW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA 370 MILES/595 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA DEPTH - 19 MILES/30 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. $$