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USGS us6000iitd

11 Sept 2022, 00:47

70 km E of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 7.6 mww earthquake at 116 km depth.

Depth116 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 November 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 70 km E of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea?

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-6.294400, 146.503800

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M 8

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000iitd
Coordinates
-6.2944, 146.5038
Network
us
Significance
965