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USGS us20007zl5

9 Dec 2016, 18:13

59 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 62 km depth.

Depth62 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 59 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.529800, 161.382400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007zl5
Coordinates
-10.5298, 161.3824
Network
us
Significance
432