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USGS usp00083aj

9 Jun 1997, 08:24

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 6 mwc earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-21.331000, 171.542000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp00083aj
Coordinates
-21.331, 171.542
Network
us
Significance
554