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USGS us7000gmtt

21 Feb 2022, 23:24

Balleny Islands region

A magnitude 6.3 mww earthquake at 14 km depth.

Depth14 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated4 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Balleny Islands region?

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-69.773900, 165.391800

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What the numbers mean

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000gmtt
Coordinates
-69.7739, 165.3918
Network
us
Significance
611