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USGS usc000ne4m

17 Mar 2014, 13:24

South Georgia Island region

A magnitude 5.8 mwb earthquake at 6 km depth.

Depth6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is South Georgia Island region?

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-53.167700, -32.315700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000ne4m
Coordinates
-53.1677, -32.3157
Network
us
Significance
518