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USGS us6000iav7

14 Aug 2022, 22:04

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 6.4 mww earthquake at 78 km depth.

Depth78 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 January 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.078100, 170.966000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000iav7
Coordinates
-22.0781, 170.966
Network
us
Significance
631