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USGS usb000s1g6

8 Aug 2014, 17:44

37 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 42.3 km depth.

Depth42.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 37 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.875000, 166.768400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000s1g6
Coordinates
-14.875, 166.7684
Network
us
Significance
432