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USGS usp000embd

26 Jun 2006, 19:00

27 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 54.4 km depth.

Depth54.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 27 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-15.006000, 166.819000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000embd
Coordinates
-15.006, 166.819
Network
us
Significance
385