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USGS us7000khw8

24 Jul 2023, 03:49

665 km S of Suva, Fiji

A magnitude 6 mww earthquake at 523 km depth.

Depth523 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated30 September 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-24.095600, 178.742300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000khw8
Coordinates
-24.0956, 178.7423
Network
us
Significance
554