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USGS us1000hizn

30 Oct 2018, 12:52

8 km SW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 179.2 km depth.

Depth179.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated21 January 2019Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km SW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.247500, 152.098400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000hizn
Coordinates
-4.2475, 152.0984
Network
us
Significance
385