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USGS usb000ku2v

7 Nov 2013, 16:46

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 98 km depth.

Depth98 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.324000, 171.544500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000ku2v
Coordinates
-22.324, 171.5445
Network
us
Significance
500