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USGS ak0129adli78

20 Jul 2012, 19:54

79 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 5 mw earthquake at 18.2 km depth.

Depth18.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 79 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska?

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56.395400, -153.355900

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak0129adli78

Coordinates

56.3954, -153.3559

Network

ak

Significance

385