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USGS ak0021ph45yx

6 Feb 2002, 17:18

10 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 36.7 km depth.

Depth36.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

61.174100, -149.725500

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak0021ph45yx

Coordinates

61.1741, -149.7255

Network

ak

Significance

385