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USGS us60006pm8

9 Dec 2019, 23:58

19 km S of Gisborne, New Zealand

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 31.5 km depth.

Depth31.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 19 km S of Gisborne, New Zealand?

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-38.828800, 177.968400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us60006pm8
Coordinates
-38.8288, 177.9684
Network
us
Significance
420