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USGS us2000cqnn

28 Jan 2018, 16:03

southwest of Africa

A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

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

Published location

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-53.062300, 9.684200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000cqnn
Coordinates
-53.0623, 9.6842
Network
us
Significance
670