SEAK71 PAAQ 191545
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
745 AM AKDT SAT MAR 19 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 - 3.7
 TIME      - 0743 AKDT MAR 19 2011
             0843  PDT MAR 19 2011
             1543  UTC MAR 19 2011
 LOCATION  - 61.4 NORTH 146.6 WEST
              20 MILES/32 KM NW OF VALDEZ ALASKA
             110 MILES/177 KM E OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 21 MILES/33 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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