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USGS us20004yi0

7 Feb 2016, 07:11

132 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 April 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 132 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands?

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-9.056300, 158.693500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20004yi0
Coordinates
-9.0563, 158.6935
Network
us
Significance
385