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USGS us10007r83

4 Jan 2017, 21:03

56 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 49.2 km depth.

Depth49.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-10.480300, 161.402500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007r83
Coordinates
-10.4803, 161.4025
Network
us
Significance
416