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USGS us2000dcpy

6 Mar 2018, 02:52

42 km S of Tari, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 June 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 42 km S of Tari, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.224700, 142.964400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000dcpy
Coordinates
-6.2247, 142.9644
Network
us
Significance
385