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USGS ak001gsyvqv

10 Jan 2001, 16:11

46 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 1.3 km depth.

Depth1.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated20 February 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 46 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska?

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56.790400, -153.394400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
ak001gsyvqv
Coordinates
56.7904, -153.3944
Network
ak
Significance
385