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USGS us1000i2k0

5 Dec 2018, 06:43

199 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia

A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 199 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia?

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-22.062900, 169.733100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000i2k0
Coordinates
-22.0629, 169.7331
Network
us
Significance
670