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USGS usp000hrvr

25 Dec 2010, 11:59

113 km E of Tairua, New Zealand

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 229.7 km depth.

Depth229.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 113 km E of Tairua, New Zealand?

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-36.830000, 177.100000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hrvr
Coordinates
-36.83, 177.1
Network
us
Significance
385