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USGS us20003h1p

7 Sept 2015, 05:23

57 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 22.3 km depth.

Depth22.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated5 December 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 57 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands?

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-9.775800, 160.348000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20003h1p
Coordinates
-9.7758, 160.348
Network
us
Significance
400