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USGS iscgem3265188

21 Dec 2000, 13:05

71 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.5 mw earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 71 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.221000, 150.758000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem3265188

Coordinates

-3.221, 150.758

Network

iscgem

Significance

465