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USGS usp000a9mu

14 Feb 2001, 14:04

187 km S of Nadi, Fiji

A magnitude 6.1 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 187 km S of Nadi, Fiji?

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-19.494000, 177.330000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000a9mu
Coordinates
-19.494, 177.33
Network
us
Significance
572