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USGS us2000apif

17 Sept 2017, 15:26

75 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 18.9 km depth.

Depth18.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 75 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.311300, 148.870800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000apif
Coordinates
-6.3113, 148.8708
Network
us
Significance
500