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USGS us7000h2u9

17 Apr 2022, 08:46

Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.1 mww earthquake at 196 km depth.

Depth196 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 June 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-15.704400, 167.845700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000h2u9
Coordinates
-15.7044, 167.8457
Network
us
Significance
573