SEAK71 PAAQ 181946
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1146 AM AKDT THU SEP 18 2008
...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 - 4.7
TIME      - 1144 AKDT SEP 18 2008
            1244  PDT SEP 18 2008
            1944  UTC SEP 18 2008
LOCATION  - 59.5 NORTH 152.8 WEST
             45 MILES/72 KM W OF HOMER ALASKA
            155 MILES/249 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
DEPTH     - 53 MILES/86 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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