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USGS us10002n5q

3 Jul 2015, 04:16

250 km E of Port Blair, India

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 8.7 km depth.

Depth8.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 250 km E of Port Blair, India?

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11.423400, 95.032000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10002n5q
Coordinates
11.4234, 95.032
Network
us
Significance
465