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USGS us10004xsg

15 Mar 2016, 13:35

South Sandwich Islands region

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 41 km depth.

Depth41 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated21 May 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is South Sandwich Islands region?

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-56.014700, -27.057900

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Magnitude measures event size; depth locates the source below the surface. Neither value alone establishes local damage or personal risk.

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004xsg
Coordinates
-56.0147, -27.0579
Network
us
Significance
416