SEAK71 PAAQ 290859
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1259 AM AKDT MON AUG 29 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 - 4.2
 TIME      - 0055 AKDT AUG 29 2011
             0155  PDT AUG 29 2011
             0855  UTC AUG 29 2011
 LOCATION  - 55.3 NORTH 154.2 WEST
             175 MILES/282 KM SE OF CHIGNIK ALASKA
             435 MILES/700 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 6 MILES/10 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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