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USGS usp000dfhb

5 Feb 2005, 03:34

89 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

A magnitude 6.6 mwc earthquake at 142.7 km depth.

Depth142.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 89 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands?

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16.011000, 145.867000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dfhb
Coordinates
16.011, 145.867
Network
us
Significance
735