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USGS usc000tb03

31 Dec 2014, 19:47

12 km SW of Karonga, Malawi

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 14.9 km depth.

Depth14.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-10.027400, 33.863200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000tb03
Coordinates
-10.0274, 33.8632
Network
us
Significance
400