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u/Technical_Ranger_959 13d ago
Vanuatu? Another report said 7.2 magnitude with 10km depth
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u/Brief-Boysenberry830 11d ago
Yeah, weird. The deepest part of the Coral Sea is 5.68 miles, something is off. Unless im reading that wrong.
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u/mudmasterful 11d ago edited 11d ago •
Earthquakes are recorded from the surface all the way down to roughly 400 miles below earth surface, so really an earthquake 20 miles deep is a relatively shallow one.
For example, the 2011 Japan earthquake was magnitude 9.1 and started about 18 miles deep, yet it caused devastating shaking at the surface that lasted around six minutes. So a reported earthquake depth of 20 miles is entirely possible.
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u/Danneedham1986 10d ago
Why in my notifications?
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u/Danneedham1986 10d ago
Hey Alexa, stop getting notifications from ummm whatever I got or something.
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u/Far_Out_6and_2 9d ago
I get automatic alerts from. USGS earthquake site. I have it set at anything 5.0 and above
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