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USGS us1000d8k9

24 Mar 2018, 11:23

150 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.3 mww earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 150 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.495900, 151.497100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000d8k9
Coordinates
-5.4959, 151.4971
Network
us
Significance
612