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USGS us7000aqj0

17 Jul 2020, 19:32

247 km E of Port Blair, India

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 5.1 km depth.

Depth5.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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12.097900, 94.974500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000aqj0
Coordinates
12.0979, 94.9745
Network
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Significance
500