SEAK71 PAAQ 222227 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 227 PM AKDT MON AUG 22 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 - 4.5 TIME - 1425 AKDT AUG 22 2011 1525 PDT AUG 22 2011 2225 UTC AUG 22 2011 LOCATION - 52.6 NORTH 169.5 WEST 35 MILES/56 KM SW OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA 310 MILES/499 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA DEPTH - 1 MILES/1 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. $$