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USGS us10007pkn

4 Jan 2017, 01:06

127 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 22.1 km depth.

Depth22.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 127 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.869400, 167.123500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007pkn
Coordinates
-17.8694, 167.1235
Network
us
Significance
483