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USGS usp000h6ju

24 Jan 2010, 18:15

96 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.6 mwb earthquake at 15.1 km depth.

Depth15.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 96 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-18.513000, 167.897000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h6ju
Coordinates
-18.513, 167.897
Network
us
Significance
488