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USGS usp000ej6n

28 May 2006, 23:30

south of the Fiji Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 49.6 km depth.

Depth49.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is south of the Fiji Islands?

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-23.788000, -177.668000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ej6n
Coordinates
-23.788, -177.668
Network
us
Significance
385