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USGS us10001rw7

30 Mar 2015, 01:43

93 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated12 June 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 93 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.120700, 152.610400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10001rw7
Coordinates
-5.1207, 152.6104
Network
us
Significance
400