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USGS usp000d6d3

14 Oct 2004, 23:35

89 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 89 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.330000, 167.582000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000d6d3
Coordinates
-17.33, 167.582
Network
us
Significance
385