Azores Islands region

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 14.8 km depth.

Depth14.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated29 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Azores Islands region?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

38.499300, -34.952000

Magnitude measures event size; depth locates the source below the surface. Neither value alone establishes local damage or personal risk.

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us20006usc

Coordinates

38.4993, -34.952

Network

Significance

385