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USGS us60003s2g

25 May 2019, 11:31

Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 145 km depth.

Depth145 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-18.997100, 169.042400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us60003s2g
Coordinates
-18.9971, 169.0424
Network
us
Significance
500