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USGS ak0028jvqcwp

5 Jul 2002, 17:41

77 km E of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 5.1 mw earthquake at 0 km depth.

Depth0 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 77 km E of Cantwell, Alaska?

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63.520400, -147.429500

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak0028jvqcwp

Coordinates

63.5204, -147.4295

Network

ak

Significance

400