SEAK71 PAAQ 182244
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
244 PM AKDT MON JUL 18 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 - 5.3
 TIME      - 1439 AKDT JUL 18 2011
             1539  PDT JUL 18 2011
             2239  UTC JUL 18 2011
 LOCATION  - 51.1 NORTH 179.1 EAST
              30 MILES/48 KM SE OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             190 MILES/306 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 22 MILES/36 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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