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USGS us200030bu

27 Jul 2015, 08:40

82 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 July 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 82 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska?

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52.257200, -169.345800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200030bu
Coordinates
52.2572, -169.3458
Network
us
Significance
536