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USGS usb000qi18

11 May 2014, 21:42

33 km W of Sola, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.6 mww earthquake at 189.1 km depth.

Depth189.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-13.882600, 167.239800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000qi18
Coordinates
-13.8826, 167.2398
Network
us
Significance
482