SEAK71 PAAQ 300703 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 1003 PM AKST WED DEC 29 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 - 2157 AKST DEC 29 2010 2257 PST DEC 29 2010 0657 UTC DEC 30 2010 LOCATION - 52.8 NORTH 171.3 EAST 80 MILES/129 KM W OF ATTU I. ALASKA 510 MILES/821 KM W OF ADAK ALASKA DEPTH - 19 MILES/31 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. $$