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USGS us20002aml

1 May 2015, 09:58

135 km SW of Port Blair, India

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 29.3 km depth.

Depth29.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 135 km SW of Port Blair, India?

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10.711200, 91.964500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20002aml
Coordinates
10.7112, 91.9645
Network
us
Significance
433