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USGS ak0156uj8rk3

29 May 2015, 08:00

117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 6.8 mw earthquake at 72.6 km depth.

Depth72.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth

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Updated26 July 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska?

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56.594000, -156.430100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak0156uj8rk3

Coordinates

56.594, -156.4301

Network

ak

Significance

762