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USGS iscgem896889

27 Sept 1949, 16:30

3 km SW of Bear Creek, Alaska

A magnitude 6.6 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 3 km SW of Bear Creek, Alaska?

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60.146000, -149.438000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem896889
Coordinates
60.146, -149.438
Network
iscgem
Significance
676