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USGS usp000cjd8

21 Jan 2004, 12:24

0 km SSE of Malango, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 44.4 km depth.

Depth44.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 0 km SSE of Malango, Solomon Islands?

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-9.701000, 159.721000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000cjd8
Coordinates
-9.701, 159.721
Network
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Significance
400