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USGS usp000hrwk

25 Dec 2010, 14:44

Vanuatu region

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-19.361000, 167.954000

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44 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

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222 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia

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45 km W of Isangel, Vanuatu

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hrwk
Coordinates
-19.361, 167.954
Network
us
Significance
449