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USGS usp000et3y

15 Sept 2006, 03:57

21 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 48.7 km depth.

Depth48.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 21 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu?

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-14.998000, 166.880000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000et3y
Coordinates
-14.998, 166.88
Network
us
Significance
385