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USGS us6000myub

15 May 2024, 23:14

southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 July 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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-26.397600, -11.376600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000myub
Coordinates
-26.3976, -11.3766
Network
us
Significance
432