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USGS us20007zkq

9 Dec 2016, 17:24

82 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 33.9 km depth.

Depth33.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-10.492800, 161.165500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007zkq
Coordinates
-10.4928, 161.1655
Network
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Significance
416