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USGS iscgemsup912424

8 Feb 1920, 05:24

southwest of Australia

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southwest of Australia?

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-35.809000, 109.537000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup912424
Coordinates
-35.809, 109.537
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
626