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USGS us20007zbp

8 Dec 2016, 22:02

62 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 39.7 km depth.

Depth39.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated3 March 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 62 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.796800, 161.467100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us20007zbp

Coordinates

-10.7968, 161.4671

Network

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Significance

449