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USGS ak0051xt8yt7

11 Feb 2005, 21:29

66 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska

A magnitude 5 mw earthquake at 11.7 km depth.

Depth11.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 March 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 66 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska?

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60.110000, -139.348300

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak0051xt8yt7

Coordinates

60.11, -139.3483

Network

ak

Significance

385