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USGS us2000jj68

17 Feb 2019, 14:35

95 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.4 mww earthquake at 368.1 km depth.

Depth368.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 95 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.341200, 152.131900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000jj68
Coordinates
-3.3412, 152.1319
Network
us
Significance
630