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USGS usp000a34k

7 Nov 2000, 07:29

44 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.4 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 44 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-18.094000, 168.120000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000a34k
Coordinates
-18.094, 168.12
Network
us
Significance
449