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USGS us10002aip

19 May 2015, 14:54

101 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 50 km depth.

Depth50 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 101 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-18.615300, 168.585300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10002aip
Coordinates
-18.6153, 168.5853
Network
us
Significance
521