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USGS usp000fped

29 Sept 2007, 14:12

22 km N of Edgecumbe, New Zealand

A magnitude 5 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 22 km N of Edgecumbe, New Zealand?

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-37.780000, 176.830000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000fped
Coordinates
-37.78, 176.83
Network
us
Significance
385