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USGS us7000ia3y

22 Sept 2022, 10:07

63 km N of Picton, New Zealand

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 70.2 km depth.

Depth70.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 November 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 63 km N of Picton, New Zealand?

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-40.722100, 174.111700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000ia3y
Coordinates
-40.7221, 174.1117
Network
us
Significance
441