SEAK71 PAAQ 140253 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 553 PM AKST TUE DEC 13 2011 ...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVALUATION AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS MAGNITUDE - 4.0 TIME - 1751 AKST DEC 13 2011 1851 PST DEC 13 2011 0251 UTC DEC 14 2011 LOCATION - 61.4 NORTH 146.5 WEST 20 MILES/32 KM NW OF VALDEZ ALASKA 115 MILES/185 KM E OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA DEPTH - 27 MILES/43 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. $$