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USGS iscgem872348

19 May 1963, 22:35

northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 22.5 km depth.

Depth22.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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23.724000, -45.818000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem872348
Coordinates
23.724, -45.818
Network
iscgem
Significance
632