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USGS usp000e8s7

24 Jan 2006, 04:27

Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Pacific-Antarctic Ridge?

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-54.160000, -135.746000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000e8s7
Coordinates
-54.16, -135.746
Network
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Significance
465