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USGS ak002ec22wq1

8 Nov 2002, 04:04

60 km SW of Alcan Border, Alaska

A magnitude 5 mw earthquake at 1.1 km depth.

Depth1.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 60 km SW of Alcan Border, Alaska?

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62.233200, -141.822800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
ak002ec22wq1
Coordinates
62.2332, -141.8228
Network
ak
Significance
385