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USGS usp000gsmy

15 Jan 2009, 16:15

78 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.7 mwb earthquake at 114.1 km depth.

Depth114.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 78 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.334000, 161.211000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gsmy
Coordinates
-10.334, 161.211
Network
us
Significance
501