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USGS us10006nq0

10 Sept 2016, 21:54

36 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 74.1 km depth.

Depth74.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 December 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.449600, 146.817800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006nq0
Coordinates
-6.4496, 146.8178
Network
us
Significance
387