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USGS ak006dbuer7r

17 Oct 2006, 15:37

68 km N of Petersville, Alaska

A magnitude 5.3 mw earthquake at 115.8 km depth.

Depth115.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 68 km N of Petersville, Alaska?

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63.100000, -150.543200

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak006dbuer7r

Coordinates

63.1, -150.5432

Network

ak

Significance

432