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USGS us7000kxh2

22 Sept 2023, 17:19

23 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 39.2 km depth.

Depth39.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 December 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 23 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.913100, 166.902800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000kxh2
Coordinates
-14.9131, 166.9028
Network
us
Significance
449