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USGS us6000itgv

13 Oct 2022, 23:20

155 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.4 mww earthquake at 72 km depth.

Depth72 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated17 December 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 155 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea?

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-4.812000, 153.590600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000itgv
Coordinates
-4.812, 153.5906
Network
us
Significance
637