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USGS iscgemsup913567

11 Jul 1917, 23:41

88 km SE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna

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 88 km SE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna?

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-13.837000, -175.586000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup913567
Coordinates
-13.837, -175.586
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
624