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USGS us100068n4

30 Jul 2016, 01:11

Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 132.3 km depth.

Depth132.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 October 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-20.792900, 169.954200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100068n4
Coordinates
-20.7929, 169.9542
Network
us
Significance
416