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USGS us6000ngs0

29 Jul 2024, 21:49

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 21.4 km depth.

Depth21.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated11 October 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.368300, 170.860600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000ngs0
Coordinates
-22.3683, 170.8606
Network
us
Significance
416