SEAK71 PAAQ 090128 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 428 PM AKST THU DEC 8 2011 ...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVALUATION AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A LOCATION 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 - 1626 AKST DEC 08 2011 1726 PST DEC 08 2011 0126 UTC DEC 09 2011 LOCATION - 62.4 NORTH 145.6 WEST 90 MILES/145 KM NE OF VALDEZ ALASKA 160 MILES/257 KM NE OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA DEPTH - 21 MILES/33 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. $$