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USGS us100043fl

4 Dec 2015, 20:22

southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 14.3 km depth.

Depth14.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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-54.007000, -2.385400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100043fl
Coordinates
-54.007, -2.3854
Network
us
Significance
385