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USGS us200040d5

29 Oct 2015, 02:49

Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 93.9 km depth.

Depth93.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

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51.814300, 178.525100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us200040d5
Coordinates
51.8143, 178.5251
Network
us
Significance
432