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USGS ak0005xohb9f

8 May 2000, 21:41

29 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 5 mw earthquake at 35.6 km depth.

Depth35.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 29 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska?

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57.315700, -154.288700

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak0005xohb9f

Coordinates

57.3157, -154.2887

Network

ak

Significance

385