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USGS us20002nem

9 Jun 2015, 01:16

Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

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

Published location

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-56.032000, -143.828100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20002nem
Coordinates
-56.032, -143.8281
Network
us
Significance
482