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USGS usb000sb2b

10 Sept 2014, 15:01

131 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 24.7 km depth.

Depth24.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 December 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 131 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia?

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-21.486900, 169.145200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000sb2b
Coordinates
-21.4869, 169.1452
Network
us
Significance
385