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USGS usp000f7ch

25 Mar 2007, 11:37

117 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 30.6 km depth.

Depth30.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 117 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu?

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-20.596000, 169.408000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000f7ch
Coordinates
-20.596, 169.408
Network
us
Significance
400