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USGS iscgemsup910398

7 Mar 1925, 18:14

southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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-55.342000, -5.179000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup910398
Coordinates
-55.342, -5.179
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
609