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USGS us2000d8q3

27 Feb 2018, 13:58

56 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 3.7 km depth.

Depth3.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 56 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.377300, 143.196000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000d8q3
Coordinates
-6.3773, 143.196
Network
us
Significance
417