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USGS usp000jv0y

4 Nov 2012, 12:13

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 118.6 km depth.

Depth118.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated4 February 2026Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.265000, 171.388000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jv0y
Coordinates
-22.265, 171.388
Network
us
Significance
385