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USGS us100098qm

11 Jul 2017, 08:00

Auckland Islands, New Zealand region

A magnitude 6.6 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

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

Published location

Where is Auckland Islands, New Zealand region?

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-49.483700, 164.015700

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M 6.7

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100098qm
Coordinates
-49.4837, 164.0157
Network
us
Significance
704