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USGS us200030aq

27 Jul 2015, 05:49

Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

A magnitude 6.9 mww earthquake at 29 km depth.

Depth29 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 August 2026Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska?

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52.376000, -169.445800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200030aq
Coordinates
52.376, -169.4458
Network
us
Significance
734