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USGS us100062et

10 Jul 2016, 17:32

57 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 164.8 km depth.

Depth164.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 57 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.619200, 167.385700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100062et
Coordinates
-14.6192, 167.3857
Network
us
Significance
483