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USGS ak002fe5b26b

1 Dec 2002, 07:17

25 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 5.2 mw earthquake at 5.6 km depth.

Depth5.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 25 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska?

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63.296900, -145.388600

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak002fe5b26b

Coordinates

63.2969, -145.3886

Network

ak

Significance

416