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USGS us20005cua

28 Mar 2016, 04:57

111 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 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 111 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.183700, 151.156700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005cua
Coordinates
-4.1837, 151.1567
Network
us
Significance
416