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USGS us20002ag9

30 Apr 2015, 11:45

126 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.7 mww earthquake at 31 km depth.

Depth31 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated31 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 126 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.375000, 151.770600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20002ag9
Coordinates
-5.375, 151.7706
Network
us
Significance
692