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USGS us20005hdf

12 Apr 2016, 10:52

79 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 79 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.436500, 166.681400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005hdf
Coordinates
-14.4365, 166.6814
Network
us
Significance
416