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USGS us20005a4s
16 Mar 2016, 09:24
South Sandwich Islands region
A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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-58.988900, -23.624900
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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005a4s
Coordinates
-58.9889, -23.6249
Network
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Significance
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