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USGS ak002e5ecle5

4 Nov 2002, 01:38

41 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 1 km depth.

Depth1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 41 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska?

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63.174900, -144.803700

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak002e5ecle5

Coordinates

63.1749, -144.8037

Network

ak

Significance

416