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USGS usp000gmyk

4 Nov 2008, 18:35

68 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.3 mwc earthquake at 205.7 km depth.

Depth205.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 68 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.135000, 168.458000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gmyk
Coordinates
-17.135, 168.458
Network
us
Significance
611