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USGS usp000ad70

14 Apr 2001, 03:20

44 km NE of Dawson Creek, Canada

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 44 km NE of Dawson Creek, Canada?

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56.080000, -119.810000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ad70
Coordinates
56.08, -119.81
Network
us
Significance
432