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USGS usp00046mh

15 Mar 1990, 04:56

20 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 132.3 km depth.

Depth132.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-15.130000, 167.238000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp00046mh
Coordinates
-15.13, 167.238
Network
us
Significance
650