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USGS usp000jcth

29 Dec 2011, 20:05

115 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 54.1 km depth.

Depth54.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 115 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu?

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-18.770000, 168.173000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jcth
Coordinates
-18.77, 168.173
Network
us
Significance
418