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USGS us2000isr0

5 Dec 2018, 04:52

166 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 February 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 166 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia?

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-21.846800, 169.460800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000isr0
Coordinates
-21.8468, 169.4608
Network
us
Significance
416