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USGS usp000fuqp

19 Dec 2007, 01:57

97 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands

A magnitude 5.3 mwc earthquake at 8.5 km depth.

Depth8.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 97 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands?

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19.198000, -64.648000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000fuqp

Coordinates

19.198, -64.648

Network

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Significance

432