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USGS usp000dfa4

31 Jan 2005, 17:31

19 km E of Waipawa, New Zealand

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 22 km depth.

Depth22 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 19 km E of Waipawa, New Zealand?

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-41.440000, 175.750000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dfa4
Coordinates
-41.44, 175.75
Network
us
Significance
400