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USGS us6000ittv

15 Oct 2022, 01:12

South Sandwich Islands region

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 38.9 km depth.

Depth38.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 December 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-59.105700, -25.595000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000ittv
Coordinates
-59.1057, -25.595
Network
us
Significance
416