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USGS usp000gu60

19 Feb 2009, 00:28

Mid-Indian Ridge

A magnitude 5.4 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 Mid-Indian Ridge?

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-14.347000, 66.135000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gu60
Coordinates
-14.347, 66.135
Network
us
Significance
449