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USGS usb000qt9y

18 May 2014, 07:38

171 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 171 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna?

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-14.804700, -175.903200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000qt9y
Coordinates
-14.8047, -175.9032
Network
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Significance
482