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USGS us20006hkb

25 Jul 2016, 20:38

133 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.4 mww earthquake at 14 km depth.

Depth14 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 133 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea?

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-2.969000, 148.034500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20006hkb
Coordinates
-2.969, 148.0345
Network
us
Significance
630