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USGS usp000bbnu

8 Sept 2002, 15:57

25 km N of Edgecumbe, New Zealand

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 2 km depth.

Depth2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 25 km N of Edgecumbe, New Zealand?

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-37.750000, 176.850000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bbnu
Coordinates
-37.75, 176.85
Network
us
Significance
400