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USGS us1000d19n

8 Mar 2018, 03:33

46 km S of Tari, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 June 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 46 km S of Tari, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.268400, 142.947400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000d19n
Coordinates
-6.2684, 142.9474
Network
us
Significance
432