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USGS us20007zlq

9 Dec 2016, 19:10

92 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 6.9 mww earthquake at 19.7 km depth.

Depth19.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 92 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.749000, 161.131600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007zlq
Coordinates
-10.749, 161.1316
Network
us
Significance
737