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USGS us1000e7pv

18 May 2018, 01:27

79 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 13.8 km depth.

Depth13.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 August 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 79 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia?

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-21.307900, 168.602200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000e7pv
Coordinates
-21.3079, 168.6022
Network
us
Significance
400