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USGS iscgem831054

8 Sept 1967, 23:37

273 km N of Fais, Micronesia

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 17.4 km depth.

Depth17.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

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12.215000, 140.880000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem831054
Coordinates
12.215, 140.88
Network
iscgem
Significance
567