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USGS iscgem858689

18 Mar 1965, 06:22

141 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 224.9 km depth.

Depth224.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 141 km NNW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga?

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-20.036000, -175.890000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem858689
Coordinates
-20.036, -175.89
Network
iscgem
Significance
611