SEAK71 PAAQ 011257
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
357 AM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011

...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 - 5.1
 TIME      - 0350 AKST MAR 01 2011
             0450  PST MAR 01 2011
             1250  UTC MAR 01 2011
 LOCATION  - 51.1 NORTH 179.6 EAST
              35 MILES/56 KM SE OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             170 MILES/274 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 26 MILES/42 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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