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USGS iscgem11696451

14 Mar 2007, 06:10

185 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mw earthquake at 19 km depth.

Depth19 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 185 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.286000, 149.289000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem11696451

Coordinates

-3.286, 149.289

Network

iscgem

Significance

411