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USGS us10002xfm

3 Aug 2015, 10:41

32 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 32.7 km depth.

Depth32.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-10.747400, 161.899400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10002xfm
Coordinates
-10.7474, 161.8994
Network
us
Significance
449