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USGS usp000hj0a

12 Aug 2010, 13:53

75 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 42.7 km depth.

Depth42.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 75 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.348000, 167.727000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hj0a
Coordinates
-17.348, 167.727
Network
us
Significance
416