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USGS usp000j5zk

5 Aug 2011, 02:13

86 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.2 mwb earthquake at 43.7 km depth.

Depth43.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

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-10.714000, 165.004000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000j5zk
Coordinates
-10.714, 165.004
Network
us
Significance
416