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USGS usp000j6ra

20 Aug 2011, 18:11

85 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 38.6 km depth.

Depth38.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 85 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-18.343000, 167.806000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000j6ra
Coordinates
-18.343, 167.806
Network
us
Significance
449