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USGS iscgem897986

9 Aug 1947, 04:48

central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 6 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is central Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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1.044000, -28.625000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem897986

Coordinates

1.044, -28.625

Network

iscgem

Significance

556