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USGS ak000fo97rxo

6 Dec 2000, 18:40

59 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 11.7 km depth.

Depth11.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated12 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 59 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska?

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63.890500, -150.306600

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak000fo97rxo

Coordinates

63.8905, -150.3066

Network

ak

Significance

399