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USGS usp000hf3k

10 Jul 2010, 09:42

64 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 59.5 km depth.

Depth59.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 64 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.532000, 161.338000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hf3k
Coordinates
-10.532, 161.338
Network
us
Significance
385