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USGS usp000h72b

7 Feb 2010, 22:28

south of the Fiji Islands

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 544 km depth.

Depth544 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-23.319000, -179.877000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h72b
Coordinates
-23.319, -179.877
Network
us
Significance
536