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USGS usp0002qft

27 Jan 1986, 07:35

Solomon Islands

A magnitude 6 mw earthquake at 82.2 km depth.

Depth82.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-10.400000, 161.135000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0002qft
Coordinates
-10.4, 161.135
Network
us
Significance
554