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USGS us6000f6ag

14 Aug 2021, 18:47

western Indian-Antarctic Ridge

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 October 2021Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is western Indian-Antarctic Ridge?

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-51.566600, 139.597600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000f6ag
Coordinates
-51.5666, 139.5976
Network
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Significance
385