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USGS usc000f2kw

6 Feb 2013, 20:42

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 18.5 km depth.

Depth18.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-23.323000, 170.982000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000f2kw
Coordinates
-23.323, 170.982
Network
us
Significance
400