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USGS ak01649w95tp

2 Apr 2016, 06:50

42 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 11.4 km depth.

Depth11.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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57.008000, -157.932200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
ak01649w95tp
Coordinates
57.008, -157.9322
Network
ak
Significance
596