south of New Zealand

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated24 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is south of New Zealand?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

-56.463300, 177.772500

Magnitude measures event size; depth locates the source below the surface. Neither value alone establishes local damage or personal risk.

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000hlnb

Coordinates

-56.4633, 177.7725

Network

Significance

465