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USGS usb000m89n

26 Jan 2014, 03:25

207 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 30.8 km depth.

Depth30.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 207 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands?

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-10.936000, 163.913500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000m89n
Coordinates
-10.936, 163.9135
Network
us
Significance
416