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USGS usp000hf5f

11 Jul 2010, 14:23

7 km N of Wairoa, New Zealand

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 37.7 km depth.

Depth37.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km N of Wairoa, New Zealand?

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-38.965000, 177.353000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hf5f
Coordinates
-38.965, 177.353
Network
us
Significance
400