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USGS usp000fpbs

28 Sept 2007, 11:40

142 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 142 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia?

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-21.530000, 169.259000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fpbs
Coordinates
-21.53, 169.259
Network
us
Significance
416