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USGS us20007ept

17 Oct 2016, 07:14

76 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.8 mww earthquake at 42 km depth.

Depth42 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 76 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.003300, 148.887100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007ept
Coordinates
-6.0033, 148.8871
Network
us
Significance
716