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USGS usb000hcxe

4 Jun 2013, 15:03

196 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

A magnitude 5.4 mwb earthquake at 16.1 km depth.

Depth16.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 196 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands?

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16.984000, 145.827000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000hcxe
Coordinates
16.984, 145.827
Network
us
Significance
449