SEAK71 PAAQ 030057
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
457 PM AKDT SUN OCT 2 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      - 1656 AKDT OCT 02 2011
             1756  PDT OCT 02 2011
             0056  UTC OCT 03 2011
 LOCATION  - 58.1 NORTH 153.3 WEST
              35 MILES/56 KM NW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA
             245 MILES/394 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 31 MILES/50 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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