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USGS us10006nlt

10 Sept 2016, 17:08

48 km WSW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 140.5 km depth.

Depth140.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 48 km WSW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.677000, 149.719700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006nlt
Coordinates
-5.677, 149.7197
Network
us
Significance
385