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USGS usp000ag26

4 Jun 2001, 23:41

208 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

A magnitude 5.7 mwc earthquake at 83 km depth.

Depth83 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 208 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands?

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17.096000, 145.830000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ag26
Coordinates
17.096, 145.83
Network
us
Significance
500