SEAK71 PAAQ 081702 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 902 AM AKDT FRI OCT 8 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 - 4.4 TIME - 0900 AKDT OCT 08 2010 1000 PDT OCT 08 2010 1700 UTC OCT 08 2010 LOCATION - 58.8 NORTH 152.6 WEST 70 MILES/113 KM SW OF HOMER ALASKA 190 MILES/306 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA DEPTH - 52 MILES/84 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. $$