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USGS usp000hjh4

20 Aug 2010, 17:40

25 km W of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 108.1 km depth.

Depth108.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 25 km W of Akutan, Alaska?

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54.156000, -166.159000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hjh4
Coordinates
54.156, -166.159
Network
us
Significance
418