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USGS usb000k9xa

10 Oct 2013, 05:03

southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10.2 km depth.

Depth10.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated24 December 2013Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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-16.346200, -14.210600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000k9xa
Coordinates
-16.3462, -14.2106
Network
us
Significance
385