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USGS us2000a7na

12 Aug 2017, 21:30

New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 9.9 km depth.

Depth9.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 October 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea?

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-5.810100, 153.514300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000a7na
Coordinates
-5.8101, 153.5143
Network
us
Significance
385