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USGS us10004dam

10 Jan 2016, 12:12

Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

A magnitude 5.6 mwb earthquake at 4 km depth.

Depth4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-57.657600, -147.948600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004dam
Coordinates
-57.6576, -147.9486
Network
us
Significance
482