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USGS us6000dk47

16 Feb 2021, 00:56

76 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated23 April 2021Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 76 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.828500, 167.594200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000dk47
Coordinates
-17.8285, 167.5942
Network
us
Significance
416