SEAK71 PAAQ 051416
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TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
616 AM AKDT THU MAY 5 2011
...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 - 5.8
 TIME      - 0613 AKDT MAY 05 2011
             0713  PDT MAY 05 2011
             1413  UTC MAY 05 2011
 LOCATION  - 55.0 NORTH 160.3 WEST
              20 MILES/32 KM SE OF SAND POINT ALASKA
             570 MILES/917 KM SW OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA
 DEPTH     - 22 MILES/36 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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