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USGS us60007fvs

25 Jan 2020, 19:24

east of the North Island of New Zealand

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 17.3 km depth.

Depth17.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-35.478100, -179.706700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us60007fvs
Coordinates
-35.4781, -179.7067
Network
us
Significance
432