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USGS us10008r2h

10 May 2017, 08:59

127 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 11 km depth.

Depth11 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 August 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 127 km W of Adak, Alaska?

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51.760700, -178.480500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10008r2h
Coordinates
51.7607, -178.4805
Network
us
Significance
518