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USGS us7000i929

18 Sept 2022, 10:41

165 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 November 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 165 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands?

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-10.775800, 164.289500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000i929
Coordinates
-10.7758, 164.2895
Network
us
Significance
500