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USGS hv61792931

8 Jun 2017, 18:01

15 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii

A magnitude 5.3 ml earthquake at 6.5 km depth.

Depth6.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated6 July 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 15 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii?

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19.330000, -155.120667

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
hv61792931
Coordinates
19.33, -155.1206667
Network
hv
Significance
1029