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USGS us20002pln

13 Jun 2015, 08:08

44 km NE of Wewak, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.4 mwb earthquake at 8 km depth.

Depth8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 44 km NE of Wewak, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.232500, 143.885900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20002pln
Coordinates
-3.2325, 143.8859
Network
us
Significance
449