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USGS us60009zv5

27 May 2020, 08:09

51 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.2 mww earthquake at 9.7 km depth.

Depth9.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 51 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.530400, 167.874300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us60009zv5
Coordinates
-17.5304, 167.8743
Network
us
Significance
595