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USGS iscgem903173

22 Jul 1937, 18:09

Central Alaska

A magnitude 7.1 mw earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Central Alaska?

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64.626000, -146.820000

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What the numbers mean

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

2002 Denali Fault, Alaska Earthquake

30 km SSW of Fort Greely, Alaska

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23 km N of Paxson, Alaska

45 km WNW of Mentasta Lake, Alaska

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem903173

Coordinates

64.626, -146.82

Network

iscgem

Significance

780