SEAK71 PAAQ 152044
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1244 PM AKDT WED AUG 15 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 - 4.8
 TIME      - 1242 AKDT AUG 15 2012
             1342  PDT AUG 15 2012
             2042  UTC AUG 15 2012
 LOCATION  - 51.1 NORTH 179.1 EAST
              25 MILES/40 KM SE OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             185 MILES/298 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 12 MILES/19 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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