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USGS usp000eg7t

4 May 2006, 05:55

71 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 9.4 km depth.

Depth9.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 71 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga?

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-21.258000, -174.266000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eg7t
Coordinates
-21.258, -174.266
Network
us
Significance
449