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QuakeFactsEvidence report · prepared 2 September 2026https://quakes99.com/entity/usp000gzqe
USGS usp000gzqe

27 Jul 2009, 14:04

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 59.5 km depth.

Depth59.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.554000, 170.808000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gzqe
Coordinates
-22.554, 170.808
Network
us
Significance
385