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USGS us1000hgem

24 Oct 2018, 07:57

139 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 52.5 km depth.

Depth52.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 139 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.773800, 151.381100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000hgem
Coordinates
-5.7738, 151.3811
Network
us
Significance
400