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USGS iscgem869836

28 Mar 1964, 08:10

138 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 20 km depth.

Depth20 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 138 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska?

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58.784000, -149.391000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem869836
Coordinates
58.784, -149.391
Network
iscgem
Significance
622