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USGS us6000djk6

20 Feb 2021, 02:44

63 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 4.2 km depth.

Depth4.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 63 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.471800, 167.784500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000djk6
Coordinates
-17.4718, 167.7845
Network
us
Significance
465