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USGS usp000bzvk

14 Jun 2003, 19:28

57 km N of Gizo, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.8 mwb earthquake at 405.8 km depth.

Depth405.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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-7.583000, 156.782000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000bzvk
Coordinates
-7.583, 156.782
Network
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Significance
518