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USGS usp000ed33

27 Mar 2006, 21:08

192 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 537.8 km depth.

Depth537.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 192 km E of Levuka, Fiji?

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-17.748000, -178.895000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ed33
Coordinates
-17.748, -178.895
Network
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Significance
482