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USGS usp000hk33

3 Sept 2010, 05:00

23 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 37.9 km depth.

Depth37.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 23 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-17.580000, 168.163000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hk33
Coordinates
-17.58, 168.163
Network
us
Significance
387