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USGS ak018fe58vlz

1 Dec 2018, 07:07

4 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska

A magnitude 5 mw earthquake at 51.3 km depth.

Depth51.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

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Updated17 August 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 4 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska?

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61.483300, -149.936200

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

ak018fe58vlz

Coordinates

61.4833, -149.9362

Network

ak

Significance

433