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USGS us7000jvwg

25 Apr 2023, 23:19

North Island of New Zealand

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 20.2 km depth.

Depth20.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated11 July 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is North Island of New Zealand?

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-40.315200, 176.587700

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16 km SE of Upper Hutt, New Zealand

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20 km SE of Tokoroa, New Zealand

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34 km N of Napier, New Zealand

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000jvwg
Coordinates
-40.3152, 176.5877
Network
us
Significance
436