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USGS usb000m225

16 Jan 2014, 07:33

196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 27 km depth.

Depth27 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated20 July 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 196 km WSW of Adak, Alaska?

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51.170100, -179.225200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000m225
Coordinates
51.1701, -179.2252
Network
us
Significance
465