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USGS us10004gep

22 Jan 2016, 16:34

Vanuatu region

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 44.1 km depth.

Depth44.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-13.720700, 172.060000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004gep
Coordinates
-13.7207, 172.06
Network
us
Significance
482