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USGS us10004gp5

24 Jan 2016, 00:34

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 12.4 km depth.

Depth12.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 April 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.894800, 171.495000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004gp5
Coordinates
-22.8948, 171.495
Network
us
Significance
400