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USGS us10004a1v

28 Dec 2015, 06:55

20 km WSW of Saint-Pierre, Martinique

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 150 km depth.

Depth150 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km WSW of Saint-Pierre, Martinique?

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14.657100, -61.345400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004a1v
Coordinates
14.6571, -61.3454
Network
us
Significance
493