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USGS usc000mjye

7 Feb 2014, 08:40

32 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.5 mww earthquake at 122 km depth.

Depth122 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-15.069100, 167.372100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000mjye
Coordinates
-15.0691, 167.3721
Network
us
Significance
650