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USGS usp000eb6y

2 Mar 2006, 23:35

147 km NNW of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 24.8 km depth.

Depth24.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 147 km NNW of Sandy Ground Village, Anguilla?

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19.358000, -63.787000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eb6y
Coordinates
19.358, -63.787
Network
us
Significance
482