SEAK71 PAAQ 171530
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
730 AM AKDT TUE AUG 17 2010

...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 - 4.9
 TIME      - 0727 AKDT AUG 17 2010
             0827  PDT AUG 17 2010
             1527  UTC AUG 17 2010
 LOCATION  - 52.3 NORTH 170.1 WEST
              65 MILES/105 KM SW OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA
             285 MILES/459 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 2 MILES/3 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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