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USGS ak0005nt5cm4

3 May 2000, 00:59

5 km N of Yakutat, Alaska

A magnitude 5.3 mw earthquake at 16.2 km depth.

Depth16.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 5 km N of Yakutat, Alaska?

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59.597900, -139.723100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak0005nt5cm4

Coordinates

59.5979, -139.7231

Network

ak

Significance

432