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USGS usp000fwqa

14 Jan 2008, 13:38

139 km S of Port Blair, India

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 34 km depth.

Depth34 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 139 km S of Port Blair, India?

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10.413000, 92.869000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fwqa
Coordinates
10.413, 92.869
Network
us
Significance
536