Magnitude 5.9 - ALASKA PENINSULA

Earthquake Details

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Magnitude	5.9
Date-Time	Thursday, May 05, 2011 at 16:57:38 UTC Thursday, May 05, 2011 at 08:57:38 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	55.136°N, 160.616°W
Depth	46.9 km (29.1 miles)
Region	ALASKA PENINSULA
Distances	23 km (14 miles) SSW of Sand Point, Alaska 79 km (49 miles) WNW of Chernabura Island, Alaska 923 km (573 miles) SW of Anchorage, Alaska 1624 km (1009 miles) W of WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory, Canada
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 14 km (8.7 miles); depth +/- 5.9 km (3.7 miles)
Parameters	NST=464, Nph=493, Dmin=25.6 km, Rmss=1.03 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=E
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc00036c6