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USGS us1000hfy0

23 Oct 2018, 05:38

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 53.5 km depth.

Depth53.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.515400, 171.142000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000hfy0
Coordinates
-22.5154, 171.142
Network
us
Significance
432