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USGS iscgem900349

24 Jun 1942, 13:16

25 km SE of Masterton, New Zealand

A magnitude 7 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 25 km SE of Masterton, New Zealand?

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-41.149000, 175.834000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem900349

Coordinates

-41.149, 175.834

Network

iscgem

Significance

754