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USGS us10006rub

23 Sept 2016, 03:56

Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Solomon Islands?

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-7.344600, 156.353400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006rub
Coordinates
-7.3446, 156.3534
Network
us
Significance
416