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USGS us7000nmg9

22 Oct 2024, 16:45

south of the Fiji Islands

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 462.7 km depth.

Depth462.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated4 January 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-23.872000, -179.670900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000nmg9
Coordinates
-23.872, -179.6709
Network
us
Significance
465