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USGS us6000dj9h

11 Feb 2021, 21:29

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 April 2021Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.951900, 171.345500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000dj9h
Coordinates
-22.9519, 171.3455
Network
us
Significance
385