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USGS us20006uap

26 Aug 2016, 16:48

106 km NW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 23.3 km depth.

Depth23.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 106 km NW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea?

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-8.700300, 146.584200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20006uap
Coordinates
-8.7003, 146.5842
Network
us
Significance
417