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USGS us1000d9wb

27 Mar 2018, 23:41

252 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 6.4 km depth.

Depth6.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 252 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska?

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56.515300, -148.643400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000d9wb
Coordinates
56.5153, -148.6434
Network
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Significance
449