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USGS ak002eca01qz

8 Nov 2002, 17:34

36 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 5.1 mw earthquake at 6.4 km depth.

Depth6.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska?

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63.471900, -148.245700

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak002eca01qz

Coordinates

63.4719, -148.2457

Network

ak

Significance

400