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USGS usp000jkuc

23 May 2012, 21:36

81 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 108.9 km depth.

Depth108.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 81 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam?

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14.065000, 145.413000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jkuc
Coordinates
14.065, 145.413
Network
us
Significance
400