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USGS us10006eyf

19 Aug 2016, 08:46

South Georgia Island region

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is South Georgia Island region?

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-55.194800, -31.892000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006eyf
Coordinates
-55.1948, -31.892
Network
us
Significance
416