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USGS us20005c7x

24 Mar 2016, 15:05

32 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 138.4 km depth.

Depth138.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 June 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 32 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.889900, 167.327300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005c7x
Coordinates
-14.8899, 167.3273
Network
us
Significance
400