SEAK71 PAAQ 112054
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1254 PM AKDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...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 - 4.0
 TIME      - 1245 AKDT AUG 11 2012
             1345  PDT AUG 11 2012
             2045  UTC AUG 11 2012
 LOCATION  - 55.4 NORTH 158.2 WEST
              60 MILES/97 KM S 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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