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USGS iscgem911899

12 May 1922, 19:39

244 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia

A magnitude 6.7 mw earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 244 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia?

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-21.857000, 170.220000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem911899
Coordinates
-21.857, 170.22
Network
iscgem
Significance
693