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USGS us20004uq4

26 Jan 2016, 15:47

147 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 32.9 km depth.

Depth32.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 147 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.295200, 153.196100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20004uq4
Coordinates
-5.2952, 153.1961
Network
us
Significance
385