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USGS us6000kd0n

19 May 2023, 03:57

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 7.7 mww earthquake at 18.1 km depth.

Depth18.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 August 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-23.206300, 170.742300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000kd0n
Coordinates
-23.2063, 170.7423
Network
us
Significance
935