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USGS us6000qw1a

29 Jul 2025, 18:53

south of the Fiji Islands

A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 553 km depth.

Depth553 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated11 October 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-23.449700, 178.858000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000qw1a
Coordinates
-23.4497, 178.858
Network
us
Significance
670