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USGS usp000g2hn

28 Mar 2008, 06:39

south of the Kermadec Islands

A magnitude 5.7 mwc earthquake at 365 km depth.

Depth365 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is south of the Kermadec Islands?

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-32.882000, 179.362000

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179 km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000g2hn
Coordinates
-32.882, 179.362
Network
us
Significance
500