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QuakeFactsEvidence report · prepared 2 September 2026https://quakes99.com/entity/usp000h1v1
USGS usp000h1v1

25 Sept 2009, 15:23

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 93.2 km depth.

Depth93.2 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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-22.333000, 171.073000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h1v1
Coordinates
-22.333, 171.073
Network
us
Significance
385