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USGS us20008t6m

19 Mar 2017, 15:43

70 km N of Auki, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 6 mww earthquake at 8.4 km depth.

Depth8.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 70 km N of Auki, Solomon Islands?

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-8.136400, 160.753600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20008t6m
Coordinates
-8.1364, 160.7536
Network
us
Significance
555