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USGS usc000kmfw

24 Oct 2013, 20:25

east of the South Sandwich Islands

A magnitude 6.7 mww earthquake at 22.9 km depth.

Depth22.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is east of the South Sandwich Islands?

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-58.153000, -12.796400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000kmfw
Coordinates
-58.153, -12.7964
Network
us
Significance
691