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USGS us10008whc
15 May 2017, 00:51
southeast Indian Ridge
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
Where is southeast Indian Ridge?
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-49.579400, 110.648900
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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10008whc
Coordinates
-49.5794, 110.6489
Network
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Significance
385