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USGS usp000bbnn

8 Sept 2002, 14:15

south of the Fiji Islands

A magnitude 6 mwb earthquake at 618.8 km depth.

Depth618.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is south of the Fiji Islands?

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-22.836000, 178.933000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bbnn
Coordinates
-22.836, 178.933
Network
us
Significance
554