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USGS us20005ame

18 Mar 2016, 00:17

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 89.4 km depth.

Depth89.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.333200, 171.412900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005ame
Coordinates
-22.3332, 171.4129
Network
us
Significance
416