SEAK71 PAAQ 162028
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1228 PM AKDT TUE AUG 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 - 5.2
 TIME      - 1224 AKDT AUG 16 2011
             1324  PDT AUG 16 2011
             2024  UTC AUG 16 2011
 LOCATION  - 51.8 NORTH 174.8 EAST
              60 MILES/97 KM SW OF BULDIR I. ALASKA
             365 MILES/587 KM W OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 24 MILES/38 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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