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USGS ak008645x5fu

12 May 2008, 13:50

83 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 20.1 km depth.

Depth20.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 February 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 83 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska?

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56.467500, -153.066700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
ak008645x5fu
Coordinates
56.4675, -153.0667
Network
ak
Significance
416