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USGS us20007zug

10 Dec 2016, 20:08

62 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 36.5 km depth.

Depth36.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 March 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 62 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.527800, 161.350300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007zug
Coordinates
-10.5278, 161.3503
Network
us
Significance
385