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USGS us100077fy

13 Nov 2016, 22:00

45 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 48.4 km depth.

Depth48.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 February 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 45 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu?

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-16.174300, 167.839300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100077fy
Coordinates
-16.1743, 167.8393
Network
us
Significance
400