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USGS us70008wkb

15 Apr 2020, 08:11

32 km NNW of Whitsundays, Australia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 July 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 32 km NNW of Whitsundays, Australia?

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-19.854500, 148.770000

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M 5

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M 5.7

37 km NNW of Whitsundays, Australia

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us70008wkb
Coordinates
-19.8545, 148.77
Network
us
Significance
407