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USGS usb000h5g6

24 May 2013, 18:52

southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 7.3 km depth.

Depth7.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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-12.444000, -14.809000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000h5g6
Coordinates
-12.444, -14.809
Network
us
Significance
416