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USGS us10007wbk

30 Jan 2017, 23:35

31 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 79 km depth.

Depth79 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 31 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.773500, 167.157700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007wbk
Coordinates
-14.7735, 167.1577
Network
us
Significance
536