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USGS iscgem913941

12 Sept 1915, 20:43

central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 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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7.933000, -37.275000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem913941

Coordinates

7.933, -37.275

Network

iscgem

Significance

638