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USGS us70005816

25 Aug 2019, 19:46

central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 November 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is central Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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8.492500, -39.352700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70005816
Coordinates
8.4925, -39.3527
Network
us
Significance
385