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USGS usp000hzax

5 Apr 2011, 10:57

11 km N of Malango, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 25.9 km depth.

Depth25.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-9.594000, 159.733000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hzax
Coordinates
-9.594, 159.733
Network
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Significance
408