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USGS us1000h8a8

7 Oct 2018, 00:01

72 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 52.5 km depth.

Depth52.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 December 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 72 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.221400, 148.893900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000h8a8
Coordinates
-6.2214, 148.8939
Network
us
Significance
385