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USGS usb000s61f

25 Aug 2014, 17:19

125 km W of Höfn, Iceland

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 9.2 km depth.

Depth9.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 125 km W of Höfn, Iceland?

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64.452900, -17.776500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000s61f
Coordinates
64.4529, -17.7765
Network
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Significance
385