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USGS us20007z6r

8 Dec 2016, 14:49

164 km W of Ferndale, California

A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 8.5 km depth.

Depth8.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 164 km W of Ferndale, California?

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40.453500, -126.193600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007z6r
Coordinates
40.4535, -126.1936
Network
us
Significance
1120