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USGS usc000ez2t

31 Jan 2013, 05:16

Santa Cruz Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 11.3 km depth.

Depth11.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Santa Cruz Islands?

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-10.493000, 166.247000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000ez2t
Coordinates
-10.493, 166.247
Network
us
Significance
400