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USGS usp000jvyu

22 Nov 2012, 22:44

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 49.7 km depth.

Depth49.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is southeast of the Loyalty Islands?

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-22.354000, 173.923000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jvyu
Coordinates
-22.354, 173.923
Network
us
Significance
385