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USGS usc000gteu

10 May 2013, 20:56

southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 3.9 km depth.

Depth3.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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-28.983000, -13.229000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000gteu
Coordinates
-28.983, -13.229
Network
us
Significance
500