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USGS usp000gv1a

16 Mar 2009, 07:13

Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Pacific-Antarctic Ridge?

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-55.144000, -129.700000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gv1a
Coordinates
-55.144, -129.7
Network
us
Significance
536