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USGS us10002nhk

5 Jul 2015, 06:07

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 99.3 km depth.

Depth99.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.379200, 171.753800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10002nhk
Coordinates
-22.3792, 171.7538
Network
us
Significance
432