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USGS usp000dc0r

27 Dec 2004, 23:20

210 km S of Port Blair, India

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 31.1 km depth.

Depth31.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 210 km S of Port Blair, India?

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9.779000, 92.985000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dc0r
Coordinates
9.779, 92.985
Network
us
Significance
385