SEAK71 PAAQ 180051
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
451 PM AKDT TUE MAY 17 2011

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE SUCH
 THAT A TSUNAMI WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY
 WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 3.6
 TIME      - 1649 AKDT MAY 17 2011
             1749  PDT MAY 17 2011
             0049  UTC MAY 18 2011
 LOCATION  - 61.4 NORTH 146.7 WEST
              25 MILES/40 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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