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USGS us100072wd

29 Oct 2016, 04:21

33 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 31.3 km depth.

Depth31.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 33 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.804300, 166.881700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100072wd
Coordinates
-14.8043, 166.8817
Network
us
Significance
400