SEAK71 PAAQ 040014 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 414 PM AKDT MON SEP 3 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 - 4.5 TIME - 1612 AKDT SEP 03 2012 1712 PDT SEP 03 2012 0012 UTC SEP 04 2012 LOCATION - 58.5 NORTH 153.8 WEST 70 MILES/113 KM NW OF KODIAK CITY ALASKA 235 MILES/378 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA DEPTH - 37 MILES/59 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. $$