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USGS iscgem903801

24 Aug 1936, 23:22

western Indian-Antarctic Ridge

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is western Indian-Antarctic Ridge?

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-51.652000, 139.589000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem903801
Coordinates
-51.652, 139.589
Network
iscgem
Significance
630