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USGS usp000ggqd

9 Sept 2008, 12:04

254 km E of Levuka, Fiji

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 534.4 km depth.

Depth534.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 254 km E of Levuka, Fiji?

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-17.666000, -178.318000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ggqd
Coordinates
-17.666, -178.318
Network
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Significance
416