SEAK71 PAAQ 250049 EQIAKX TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 349 PM AKST TUE JAN 24 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 - 5.0 TIME - 1546 AKST JAN 24 2012 1646 PST JAN 24 2012 0046 UTC JAN 25 2012 LOCATION - 52.8 NORTH 167.3 WEST 70 MILES/113 KM E OF NIKOLSKI ALASKA 405 MILES/652 KM E OF ADAK ALASKA DEPTH - 19 MILES/31 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. $$