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USGS us10008jh4

21 Apr 2017, 11:34

119 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 50.5 km depth.

Depth50.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 119 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.673000, 153.295200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10008jh4
Coordinates
-4.673, 153.2952
Network
us
Significance
385