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USGS usp000gz62

13 Jul 2009, 00:01

149 km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 89.1 km depth.

Depth89.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 149 km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand?

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-36.902000, 178.255000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000gz62

Coordinates

-36.902, 178.255

Network

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Significance

385