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USGS usp000hc3a

30 Apr 2010, 00:48

western Indian-Antarctic Ridge

A magnitude 5.8 mwc earthquake at 24.2 km depth.

Depth24.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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-51.021000, 139.394000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hc3a
Coordinates
-51.021, 139.394
Network
us
Significance
518