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<cap:alert xmlns:cap="http://www.incident.com/cap/1.0">
<cap:identifier>NOAA-NWS-WCATWC-2008-03-02T05:17:00Z</cap:identifier>
<cap:sender>wcatwc@noaa.gov</cap:sender>
<cap:sent>2008-03-02T05:17:00Z</cap:sent>
<cap:status>Actual</cap:status>
<cap:msgType>Alert</cap:msgType>
<cap:scope>Public</cap:scope>
<cap:note>Current WCATWC Tsunami Messages</cap:note>
<cap:references>http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php</cap:references>
<cap:info>
<cap:category>Geo</cap:category>
<cap:event>Tsunami</cap:event>
<cap:urgency>Immediate</cap:urgency>
<cap:severity>Minor</cap:severity>
<cap:certainty>Unlikely</cap:certainty>
<cap:effective>2008-03-02T05:17:00Z</cap:effective>
<cap:expires>2008-03-02T06:47:00Z</cap:expires>
<cap:headline>Tsunami Information Statement</cap:headline>
<cap:description>
SEAK71 PAAQ 020517
EQIAKX

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
817 PM AKST SAT MAR 1 2008

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
 AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
 IS NOT EXPECTED. IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLY
 GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.
 THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 6.2
 TIME      - 2012 AKST MAR 01 2008
             2112  PST MAR 01 2008
             0512  UTC MAR 02 2008
 LOCATION  - 51.3 NORTH 179.2 WEST
              75 MILES/121 KM E OF AMCHITKA ALASKA
             115 MILES/185 KM SW OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 24 MILES/38 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.

$$

</cap:description>
<cap:web> http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php </cap:web>
</cap:info>
</cap:alert>