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USGS usp000gzeb

19 Jul 2009, 06:11

126 km W of Te Anau, New Zealand

A magnitude 5.4 mwc earthquake at 5 km depth.

Depth5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 126 km W of Te Anau, New Zealand?

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-45.384000, 166.105000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gzeb
Coordinates
-45.384, 166.105
Network
us
Significance
449