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USGS us20005i70

14 Apr 2016, 23:23

110 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 16 km depth.

Depth16 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 110 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.186100, 166.537400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005i70
Coordinates
-14.1861, 166.5374
Network
us
Significance
416