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USGS usc000taqf

30 Dec 2014, 00:11

119 km S of Akureyri, Iceland

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 8.9 km depth.

Depth8.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated17 March 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 119 km S of Akureyri, Iceland?

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64.628000, -17.703500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000taqf
Coordinates
64.628, -17.7035
Network
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Significance
385