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USGS usb000q66s

1 May 2014, 07:36

239 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 106 km depth.

Depth106 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 239 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu?

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-21.454200, 170.354600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000q66s
Coordinates
-21.4542, 170.3546
Network
us
Significance
670