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USGS us20003nmz

24 Sept 2015, 14:48

221 km W of Port McNeill, Canada

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated21 September 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 221 km W of Port McNeill, Canada?

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50.783200, -130.208400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20003nmz
Coordinates
50.7832, -130.2084
Network
us
Significance
503