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USGS us70008gqs
26 Mar 2020, 20:24
South Sandwich Islands region
A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 78.3 km depth.
Published location
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-56.605900, -26.892100
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Event ID
us70008gqs
Coordinates
-56.6059, -26.8921
Network
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Significance
449