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USGS usp0008shr

31 Jul 1998, 13:40

201 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia

A magnitude 6.1 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 201 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia?

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-21.614000, 169.820000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0008shr
Coordinates
-21.614, 169.82
Network
us
Significance
572