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USGS us700061du

30 Oct 2019, 22:59

70 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 48.3 km depth.

Depth48.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated18 January 2020Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 70 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.419300, 161.274700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us700061du
Coordinates
-10.4193, 161.2747
Network
us
Significance
385