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USGS usp000hdfd

1 Jun 2010, 17:47

85 km E of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.7 mwc earthquake at 40.4 km depth.

Depth40.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 85 km E of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.876000, 169.103000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hdfd
Coordinates
-17.876, 169.103
Network
us
Significance
500