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USGS us10003yap

14 Nov 2015, 05:25

central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is central Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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7.216800, -34.268400

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us10003yap

Coordinates

7.2168, -34.2684

Network

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Significance

432