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USGS us6000bafn

7 Aug 2020, 05:39

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 44 km depth.

Depth44 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

-22.611800, 173.210100

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Magnitude measures event size; depth locates the source below the surface. Neither value alone establishes local damage or personal risk.

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000bafn

Coordinates

-22.6118, 173.2101

Network

us

Significance

385