SEAK71 PAAQ 161458
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
658 AM AKDT WED MAR 16 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 - 3.4
 TIME      - 0657 AKDT MAR 16 2011
             0757  PDT MAR 16 2011
             1457  UTC MAR 16 2011
 LOCATION  - 61.7 NORTH 149.9 WEST
              25 MILES/40 KM W OF PALMER ALASKA
              35 MILES/56 KM N OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 29 MILES/47 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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