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USGS us10003zzi

20 Nov 2015, 23:25

105 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 105 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands?

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-11.640700, 165.512400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10003zzi
Coordinates
-11.6407, 165.5124
Network
us
Significance
400