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USGS usp000hhwh

10 Aug 2010, 17:02

69 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 69 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.332000, 167.817000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hhwh
Coordinates
-17.332, 167.817
Network
us
Significance
400