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USGS us1000bj76

30 Nov 2017, 05:50

46 km SW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 116 km depth.

Depth116 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 46 km SW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.387300, 143.802900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000bj76
Coordinates
-4.3873, 143.8029
Network
us
Significance
468