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USGS us20009pf9

24 Jun 2017, 03:37

32 km WNW of Dondo, Mozambique

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 27 km depth.

Depth27 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 32 km WNW of Dondo, Mozambique?

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-19.450000, 34.488200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20009pf9
Coordinates
-19.45, 34.4882
Network
us
Significance
506