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USGS usp000gxsf

2 Jun 2009, 03:17

38 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 6.3 mwc earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 38 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.757000, 167.949000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gxsf
Coordinates
-17.757, 167.949
Network
us
Significance
622