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USGS us1000hq7w

10 Nov 2018, 08:02

173 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 51 km depth.

Depth51 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 173 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.812000, 151.721400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000hq7w
Coordinates
-5.812, 151.7214
Network
us
Significance
465