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USGS us20004w34

30 Jan 2016, 23:46

94 km S of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 94 km S of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea?

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-2.887200, 147.191100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20004w34
Coordinates
-2.8872, 147.1911
Network
us
Significance
432