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USGS us10002l2m

23 Jun 2015, 09:59

76 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 138 km depth.

Depth138 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 76 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga?

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-19.568600, -175.039900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10002l2m
Coordinates
-19.5686, -175.0399
Network
us
Significance
466