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USGS us20005k3t

20 Apr 2016, 11:41

146 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 47.2 km depth.

Depth47.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 146 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.201300, 153.279900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20005k3t
Coordinates
-5.2013, 153.2799
Network
us
Significance
400