SEAK71 PAAQ 141815
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1015 AM AKDT WED SEP 14 2011

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
 IS NOT EXPECTED. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY
 GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
 THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.1
 TIME      - 1010 AKDT SEP 14 2011
             1110  PDT SEP 14 2011
             1810  UTC SEP 14 2011
 LOCATION  - 52.8 NORTH 173.0 EAST
              15 MILES/24 KM SW OF ATTU I. ALASKA
             440 MILES/708 KM W OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 25 MILES/40 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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