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USGS usp00070rd

19 Jul 1995, 01:24

235 km E of Vao, New Caledonia

A magnitude 6 mwb earthquake at 11.6 km depth.

Depth11.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 235 km E of Vao, New Caledonia?

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-22.719000, 169.783000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp00070rd

Coordinates

-22.719, 169.783

Network

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Significance

554