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USGS usp000jubr

23 Oct 2012, 10:39

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5.8 mww earthquake at 123.1 km depth.

Depth123.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.312000, 171.691000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jubr
Coordinates
-22.312, 171.691
Network
us
Significance
518