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USGS us70005c87

5 Sept 2019, 08:32

14 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated30 November 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 14 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.864300, 168.327900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70005c87
Coordinates
-17.8643, 168.3279
Network
us
Significance
407