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USGS us6000dipr

18 Feb 2021, 17:50

near the north coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 141 km depth.

Depth141 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated23 April 2021Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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-4.316400, 144.231400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000dipr
Coordinates
-4.3164, 144.2314
Network
us
Significance
400