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USGS us1000ey2i

21 Jun 2018, 22:13

27 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.1 mww earthquake at 28 km depth.

Depth28 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 27 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.790500, 168.056800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000ey2i
Coordinates
-17.7905, 168.0568
Network
us
Significance
605