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USGS usp000hhuc

10 Aug 2010, 06:23

33 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 7.3 mwc earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 33 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.541000, 168.069000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hhuc
Coordinates
-17.541, 168.069
Network
us
Significance
850