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USGS us6000qiw6

8 Jun 2025, 05:56

western Indian-Antarctic Ridge

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated20 August 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is western Indian-Antarctic Ridge?

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-47.841200, 116.131500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000qiw6
Coordinates
-47.8412, 116.1315
Network
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Significance
416