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USGS us6000cqdv

19 Nov 2020, 14:50

south of the Fiji Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 532.5 km depth.

Depth532.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 February 2021Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-23.365900, -179.738500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000cqdv
Coordinates
-23.3659, -179.7385
Network
us
Significance
385