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USGS us20006g6f

15 Jul 2016, 12:42

South Sandwich Islands region

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 95 km depth.

Depth95 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated17 September 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-56.089400, -27.143200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20006g6f
Coordinates
-56.0894, -27.1432
Network
us
Significance
400