SEAK71 PAAQ 101415
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
515 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
 IS NOT EXPECTED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED
 FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 5.7
 TIME      - 0511 AKST MAR 10 2012
             0611  PST MAR 10 2012
             1411  UTC MAR 10 2012
 LOCATION  - 55.2 NORTH 157.5 WEST
              85 MILES/137 KM SE OF CHIGNIK ALASKA
             500 MILES/805 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 20 MILES/32 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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