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USGS usp000eskg

6 Sept 2006, 21:08

297 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 550.6 km depth.

Depth550.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 297 km E of Levuka, Fiji?

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-18.360000, -177.889000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000eskg
Coordinates
-18.36, -177.889
Network
us
Significance
449