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USGS us10001mlp

15 Mar 2015, 22:47

southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 15.1 km depth.

Depth15.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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-26.081400, -11.606600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10001mlp
Coordinates
-26.0814, -11.6066
Network
us
Significance
449