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USGS usb000srwk

31 Oct 2014, 01:30

107 km S of Laugar, Iceland

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 5.4 km depth.

Depth5.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 107 km S of Laugar, Iceland?

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64.760000, -17.237300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000srwk
Coordinates
64.76, -17.2373
Network
us
Significance
416