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USGS records magnitude 4.5 quake 121 km SE of Atka, Alaska

The U.S. Geological Survey listed a magnitude 4.5 earthquake 121 kilometers southeast of Atka, Alaska, at 2:50 p.m. EDT Saturday, at about 1 kilometer depth.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 4.5 earthquake 121 kilometers southeast of Atka, Alaska, at 6:50 p.m. UTC Saturday (2:50 p.m. EDT)1.

The reviewed origin listed a depth of 1.0 kilometer near 51.521 degrees north and 172.815 degrees west, with magnitude type ml, contributed by the Alaska network1.

USGS did not list damage or felt-report totals on the event summary1.

Sources

  1. U.S. Geological SurveyM 4.5 earthquake 121 km SE of Atka, Alaska

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