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Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - 34km ENE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (USA) on Monday, 9 September 2019

Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake - 34km ENE of Amatignak Island, Alaska (USA) on Monday, 9 September 2019
Sep 9 04:07: Magnitude recalculated from 5.5 to 4.8.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 38.0 to 13.2 km.
Sep 9 04:14: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 5.3.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 13.2 to 35.0 km.
Date & time: Monday, 9 September 2019 03:54 UTC
Local time at epicenter: 2019-09-08 17:54:08 -10:00
Magnitude: 5.3
Depth: 35.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 51.543°N / 178.6387°W (United States)
Nearest volcano: Gareloi (108 km)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 5.6*10^12 J (1.56 GWh / 1344 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource
Mon, 9 Sep 2019
Mon, 9 Sep 03:54 UTCM 5.2 / 10 kmAndreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands (USA)GFZ
Mon, 9 Sep 03:54 UTCM 5.3 / 20 kmAndreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. (USA)EMSC
Mon, 9 Sep 03:54 UTCM 5.4 / 9.6 kmAndreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands (USA)GeoAu
Mon, 9 Sep 03:54 UTCM 4.9 / 196 kmAndreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands (USA)BMKG

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