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USGS us20008hya

6 Feb 2017, 15:43

131 km ENE of Opotiki, New Zealand

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 38.8 km depth.

Depth38.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated9 May 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 131 km ENE of Opotiki, New Zealand?

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-37.391000, 178.554800

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off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us20008hya

Coordinates

-37.391, 178.5548

Network

us

Significance

385