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USGS us6000g7vp

30 Nov 2021, 10:52

113 km S of Kavieng, 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
Updated5 February 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 113 km S of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea?

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-3.593500, 150.899800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000g7vp
Coordinates
-3.5935, 150.8998
Network
us
Significance
385