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USGS usp000dg51

14 Feb 2005, 18:54

79 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 7.3 km depth.

Depth7.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 79 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.504000, 167.604000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dg51
Coordinates
-17.504, 167.604
Network
us
Significance
449