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USGS us20005k2u

20 Apr 2016, 08:12

104 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 10.1 km depth.

Depth10.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 104 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.554200, 166.236700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005k2u
Coordinates
-14.5542, 166.2367
Network
us
Significance
416