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USGS us20007za4

8 Dec 2016, 19:15

69 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 37.7 km depth.

Depth37.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 March 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 69 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.458300, 161.283600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007za4
Coordinates
-10.4583, 161.2836
Network
us
Significance
400