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USGS usp000ac1m

25 Mar 2001, 23:58

89 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 74 km depth.

Depth74 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 89 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.306000, 161.120000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ac1m
Coordinates
-10.306, 161.12
Network
us
Significance
385